AM64
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And honestly, LG, there's a lot of things we do as a nation for show (I just cued in Ras to come screeching about this subject) that don't have "value."
Think about parking an aircraft carrier off the coast of a hostile nation. That's just a show of force.
Or forward staging bombers in the Pacific that we've been doing for some years now. Or increased military exercises in NATO countries like the Baltic States. So on and so forth. This doesn't change the paradigm one bit, but is a show of force.
Kind of vulnerable show of force to someone determined and with the right tools. It's been a very long time since we've tested the defensive capabilities of a carrier and supporting task force against a real enemy. At least the B-52s are dispersed even if they are still vulnerable.