It makes sense to focus on U.S. Navy “capability” instead of raw numbers
But measuring capability is at least as hard.
Upgrade America’s shipyards
Pronto.
Troll China
And wage “cognitive warfare” to deflate its image.
Yes, the navy has a strategy

Despite what you might hear elsewhere.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-us-navy-have-strategy-problem-184237
How we should fight China
Three guiding principles –
Set tripwires for Russia
Merging U.S. and host-nation military bases is a feature, not a bug –
Build a little, test a little, learn a lot
Tattoo the experimental ethos on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps culture –
We need a Small Wars Manual for the 21st Century
Let’s record the lessons from the past twenty years of irregular warfare –
Triage Afghanistan
And turn to more pressing things.
