Ron Paul: "We Spent a Billion Dollars Fighting the Houthis…and Lost'
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Any Navy vets care to weigh in on wtf is happening in the Red Sea?
a sm2 (standard missile 2) is I think right around $1mil a shot.
we just can't afford to really do anything about it. we're bleeding into Ukraine and Israel now. we really can't afford either, let alone another in addition.
our navy isn't really all that great. we ordered a bunch of mostly useless and fragile ships in the early 2000s. they were supposed to be modular but none of that actually worked out. it's taken us over 10 years to build and commission our last aircraft carrier. we just sold another USA shipyard to SK just this week. our logistic support ships are like at 55%. that was the result of the last war gaming. supposed to be at 85%+.
everything is fucked. we have faggots, jews, and women running things. nothing works. everything is breaking.
Just hand out TOWs to merchant ships. Or let them install some automatic deck guns. Might fix the "refugee" boat problem while we're at it.
This is why Article 1 of the Constitution allows congress to give private ship owners Letters of Marque.
I wonder, is it not still technically legal anyways? (ignoring NFA restrictions for the moment...) What is the exact law here? A company can have armed security at their port terminal, and at the docks. Can they not have an armed boat?
On the other hand there's a big difference between "it's ok to use lethal force in self defense" and "you can shoot at dangerous looking ships at your discretion and maybe proactively sink them if they keep harassing you."