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US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn
(www.theguardian.com)
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Buddy, microdrones aren't a secret, and it's not a question if they'd sink a carrier. Doing it though would make everyone on the planet aware that American foreign power now solely relies on foreign bases. Important because most countries that host US bases, do so because if they didn't they'd have to face carriers.
By that logic, why did Japan get nuked twice? The US just sunk a military vessel with a torpedo, something that last happened in WW2
Not even getting into all the other shit like blowing up a leader as an opening move in a war you secretly launch.
Like...
How the fuck can anyone look at the last week and think Iran responding against a military attack would be a bridge too far?
I'm talking about China supplying them with a new weapon specifically meant to have them sink that carrier...buddy
And those countries host bases because otherwise they'd 'face' carriers?
Why would they want a real life test of their new weapons strategy that is an open secret at no risk to their own while simultaneously giving their largest global competitor literally the largest black eye since nuclear bombs?
Gee...
I don't know Bob.
Most countries don't want a US base, especially in the Middle East.
They have them because the alternative is US backed regime change for a government that will allow those bases. A regime change where air craft carriers will be where the war is launched from
If the US is afraid to expose Aircraft carriers, then the threat of regime change for not allowing bases disappears. While the threat of being attacked for hosting a base changes.
That's global politics, and will result in the closure of foreign bases.
This is a giant win for countries like NK, China, Russia, anyone who was being kept in check be ause in less than a week the equivalent of the 7th largest air force in the world could show up in the form of a single carrier group.
It's ok not to understand this stuff before anyone explains it to you, but you might want to be nicer if you want people to keep answering who know what the answers are.
Ah yes, it's not the endless dollars and weapons these rulers have gotten, it's because of the undefeatable boats with planes
You sure have answers :D