The Decline of U.S. Naval Power

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Mark Helprin, The Decline of U.S. Naval Power; Sixty ships were commonly underway in America's seaward approaches in 1998, but today there are only 20. We are abdicating our role on the oceans. Wall Street Journal, Mar 2, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704150604576166362512952294.html
(Because 95% and 90% respectively of U.S. and world foreign trade moves by sea, maritime interdiction is the quickest route to both the strangulation of any given nation and chaos in the international system.

My comment:
(a) The essay says, "Up to 30 ships, the largest ever constructed, each capable of carrying 18,000 containers, will soon come off the ways in South Korea.

That alludes to Maersk's Triple E.
(b) The essay also states, "As China's navy rises and ours declines, not that far in the future the trajectories will cross.

The author refers to quantity, not quality, of naval ships.


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