These boilerplate denunciations of USN Freedom of Navigation operations happened all through the last couple administrations, so miss me with that.Originally Posted by Caballoflaco
EDIT: Someone at Wikipedia has done a full nerdy deep dive on the Great Wall of Sand. Neat! You can see a lot of the CCP fortifications via Google satellite view, BTW.
FONOPS have been going on in one place or another for many decades. Set Condition III (wartime steaming), fly the largest Ensign from the mast that weather conditions allow and steam in smartly.
A couple of times, they've resulted in some combat time for the airdales.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
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