
And it’s not that hard for them to do so sustainably no matter how hard we appear to dominate. Our navy is (a bit stupidly) designed above all else for large scale, open water, peer-to-peer engagement, not operating in a 20 mile wide passage surrounded by a dense concentration of guerrilla-esque lower-tech fighters with an ample supply of cheap missiles and drones. A destroyer would have its defenses quickly saturated