• riseuppikmin [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      13 days ago

      I still can’t fully fathom how interesting the times we live in are where a country with a navy is losing a naval battle to a country without a navy

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        Real life is adapting to the paradox game meta of “jesus christ navies are too complicated I’m just not going to use them”.

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        It’s pretty funny. We’ve known for a decade at least that in a real war with China we wouldn’t be able to get an aircraft carrier anywhere near their shore because of the anti-ship missiles, but now that can be true for anybody.