Maritime powers focus on negative objectives (preventing bad outcomes like invasion or trade destruction) rather than positive objectives (territorial conquest), making maritime success strategically invisible because 'on a good day Navy day absolutely nothing happens' while the Navy quietly prevents the destruction of the global trading system.
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Dr. Sally PayneEvidence Quote
“particularly if you're successful it's about negative objectives you're um preventing stuff from happening... on a good day Navy day absolutely nothing happens looks like the Navy is doing nothing but it's incredibly important”
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NWC 2025 INS Lecture - Dr. Sarah Paine: Geopolitics, Cold War Lessons and the Way Forward— U.S. Naval War CollegeCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:04:38 AM
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