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Originally posted by JSDSKI
Unless you need air cover / interdiction / force projection against countries and areas with 3rd world defense systems - in which case Carrier Groups are a pretty good option.
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Force projection has no relationship whatsoever to the defense of America. It didn't in the 19th century, none at all in the 20th century, and none in this century.
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Force projection alone seems to counter the "no mission" argument. Not all actions are against countries with significant anti-ship systems.
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Since force projection has no relationship to defending America, it is illegitimate, and therefore any expediture for the tools of force projection are illegitimate as well.
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Seems like they are valuable tools in our arsenal. Maybe we just need to adjust how many we have while developing a different force projection system?
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Name a single time force projection was used to defend America, use any century you wish.