>>>>>It wouldn't take the 'mighty U.S. war machine' but simply a navy seal team (or maybe the British SBS would volunteer) :o)
>>>>>but even that is not without risks
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>>>>I wonder if somebody enters the service expecting to fight pirates.
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>>>Yes, but not the service, but rather when someone is accepted into a special program of the service...
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>>>However, it could be assumed that it is indeed a specified role of the navy and falls under their purpose to “Keep all Free trade Shipping lanes open”
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>>They may as well. There doesn't seem to be much military need for a navy in the modern world.
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>You're kidding, right?

As a means of delivering supplies and troops, the navy still has a place. As a fighting force, no. We have probably seen the last sea battle.