In cold military reality, asymmetrical naval warfare has been very important for the past 150 or so years. But, even when there are immediate and existential t

In cold military reality, asymmetrical naval warfare has been very important for the past 150 or so years. But, even when there are immediate and existential threats, defending against such attacks is somehow never the priority that the cool stuff, with big ships, has always been. The most celebrated Allied ASW officer of WWII, who successfully protected the D-Day invasion from U-Boats, died a mere captain. Vs. the two naval officers who commanded the big ships, bombarding the beaches? Both were 4-star admirals by 1948.