No background in this at all but it seems to me that the operative US naval mindset since Korea has been "force projection" and not war fighting capability.
No background in this at all but it seems to me that the operative US naval mindset since Korea has been "force projection" and not war fighting capability.
Probably a fair statement, if we include airstrikes on ground targets as force projection. There was riverine warfare in Vietnam, but almost all "peer" opponent activity has been projection of power and posturing (which is important as well) as opposed ot any actually "war at sea" type fighting.
No background in this at all but it seems to me that the operative US naval mindset since Korea has been "force projection" and not war fighting capability.
Probably a fair statement, if we include airstrikes on ground targets as force projection. There was riverine warfare in Vietnam, but almost all "peer" opponent activity has been projection of power and posturing (which is important as well) as opposed ot any actually "war at sea" type fighting.