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Why have ships at all?
Russia launching missiles from ships in port
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Why have ships at all?
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One could argue they don’t. At least not in the Black Sea.
They have naval artillery.
The ships won’t last a minute past the UXV screens.
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Britain won the Napoleonic wars by bottling up the French fleet at Brest, by William Cornwallis, and at Toulon, by Nelson.
Nelson's victory at Trafalgar was necessitated by his failure to contain the French Mediterranean fleet in Toulon.
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Iran is bottled. Russia is bottled. What will it take to bottle China?
Bottling the US is a much harder prospect.
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Russia is bottled only in the Black Sea.
They have freedom elsewhere as Western Navies aren’t interdicting, or otherwise containing them.
They will just make more islands…
Unless someone kicks over their sandcastle.
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Russian navy is mainly bottled up outside of the Black Sea by their failure to maintain their warships and loss of friendly ports.
We (western countries) can help the Philippines by supporting them with ships, while they improve their base on the Spratly Atoll.
We (western countries) can help the Philippines by supporting them with ships, while they improve their base on the Spratly Atoll.
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And repeated the feat in WW1 by bottling up the Hochseeflote in its own German bases.
Some say that the Battle of Jutland was a victory for the German, but it was the only time during the war that it attempted to come out and breach the British blockade. They had their battle, did not breach the blockade and retreated to their bases, there to stay until the end of the war. The British maintained their strategic position throughout.
Expensive win, but British win overall.
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One American newspaper put it quite nicely
The German fleet assaulted it Gaoler but is still in it's Gaol .
The German fleet assaulted it Gaoler but is still in it's Gaol .
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For the history nuts, previous naval engagements in the region
