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US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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The US Navy is the global security provider of free trade on the sea. It is one of their core functions. To 'just go back to our own borders' would be to completely remove the only naval force cable of providing security for free trade on the sea and thus remove huge portions of safe, navigable waters for said trade.
Who else has the navy to make it happen? China's navy has no range, France and England's navies have the range but aren't large enough. Everyone else's navy is too small and can't deploy at range.
We don’t have pirate fleets anymore and any pirate group that obtains a ship big enough to really be a danger would be eradicated as soon as they showed their hand.
There most certainly are pirates operating in the 21st Century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H67S6r2r5aY
It in any meaningful way to world trade though
Because Navy ships patrol those routes. Remove that, and the pirates would be able to expand.
With what? Their little dingys are no threat to a cargo ship with a few armed guards. If they somehow get ahold of a real vessel then a national navy can go sink it
The whole idea is to not let things get to that point.
It's also important to recognize, the US withdrawing internationally (and wasting tons of money we've already spent, mind you) doesn't mean places become a harmonious area. Another country will replace it.
Given how much international water China already claims is actually Chinese territory, and their ships harassing and sinking civilian fishing vessels, I would rather stay with the devil i know.
I’d rather the US not waste billions of barrels of fuel and trillions of dollars policing the territory of others while Americans suffer.
I don’t think it’s at all realistic to think the US withdrawing would take us back to the days of rampant impactful piracy.
He’ll just watch em from space and hit ‘em with the rod from god
Eradicated by who?
Jewish Space Lasers.
The significantly smaller fleets that aren’t spending their time doing laps but are waiting for the call to splash some pirates
Apart from piracy still being in a thing, there are many states that will illegally seize and impound other nations' vessels if given the chance.