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Originally Posted by Howitzer
This is the second time this has happend in a couple years, IMO its a pretty stupid move to move within a carriers safety zone, thats how wars are started.
Besides I don't think firing a torpedo at a US carrier would do much good because the carriers have some nifty anti torpedo devices.
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One doesn't learn about the technical threat of potential adversaries by staying safely in port.
Entering disputed waters is risky but that's the only way to keep disputed sea lanes open to commerce. This is precisely why Reagan ordered a carrier into waters off the coast of Libya that Libya claimed as part of their territory.
Sometimes things are not as they seem.