03/19/2023: The State of the Navy and Only in America
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Naval Warfare - China's Longer Arms Can't Hit the US
US Navy planners aren't just plotting how to evade China's rocket force, but also how they could effectively fight back. From the vicinity of Guam, none of the aircraft on this ship has the range to approach Taiwan without refueling in the air. Apps like the US destroyer Wayne E Meyer would need to sail much closer towards China to fire their missiles at any force invading Taiwan. One naval scholar likened it to a boxing match in which a fighter, in this case China, has much longer arms than their potential opponent, the US.
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