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I tend to give you crap, but I think you’re spot on with the deployment of more advanced SAMs. Its implied escalation would speak volumes.

No. Arleigh Burke destroyers have four faces and do not move. It’s the Royal Navy’s Type 45 class destroyers have two faces that rotate.

That the gun wasn’t loaded raises an important question... Was he going to fire blanks at a spider?

The Libyans had made a habit of coming up and messing with the carrier battle group often engaging in provocative acts. The ROE was modified in light of these acts. It was no coincidence that the squadron commander was in the lead aircraft that day.

You literally have no clue. It’s sad, because you post with such conviction.

“The fact that the F-35 is a poor within-visual-range fighter is definitely another mark against it, but that is only one factor of modern air combat.”

“the Bears ended up roaring over the USS Ronald Reagan at 500 feet with the Hornets in tow.”

This is incorrect:

Not in anyway unique to the Iowa-class. Visit USS Alabama or USS North Carolina and you’ll see similar set ups.