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    1 year ago

    Have there been any real naval battles since WWII? In Korea and Vietnam, didn’t the Navy mostly just fire missiles from offshore and act as as a platform for launching planes and transporting troops and cargo?

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        1 year ago

        Wasn’t that between the UK and Argentina?

        Edit: Oh, I see, I wasn’t clear. I meant U.S. naval battles. My fault.

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        1 year ago

        I guess the admiral is expecting that whoever he’s making this point to that he wants to believe it doesn’t know any relatively recent U.S. history.

        Sadly, he’s probably right.