The US no longer controls the world's sea lanes because warfare has changed; you cannot protect billion-dollar ships with million-dollar missiles against $10,000 drones—the math no longer works—so the US couldn't control Red Sea or Persian Gulf, a massive shift from 80 years of assumed US naval dominance.
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“the US no longer controls the world's sea lanes because warfare has changed. Um, because we now live in a world where you cannot protect billion dollar ships with million-dollar missiles against $10,000 drones.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:20:13 PM
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