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markaspen · 08-15-2003, 11:50 AM

Wow, this thread got lost. As a note, think out of the box. "Blue Water" capable is no longer limited to CVN battle groups and such. No, Israel couldn't blockade anyone except maybe Syria and Lebanon. But she can interdict shipping from Sinai to the Syrian Turkish border.

In other words she doesn't need to operate at the level of the RN or USN, thats not the need. As early as 1970, then Defense Minister Dayan noted that one can only absorb so many tanks and aircraft. The limitation is training and maintaining the manpower needed to support them.

08-15-2003, 11:50 AM	#68 (permalink)
markaspen Regular Join Date: 08-06-03 Posts: 51	Wow, this thread got lost. As a note, think out of the box. "Blue Water" capable is no longer limited to CVN battle groups and such. No, Israel couldn't blockade anyone except maybe Syria and Lebanon. But she can interdict shipping from Sinai to the Syrian Turkish border. In other words she doesn't need to operate at the level of the RN or USN, thats not the need. As early as 1970, then Defense Minister Dayan noted that one can only absorb so many tanks and aircraft. The limitation is training and maintaining the manpower needed to support them. __________________ Pa'am Tzanhan, Tamid Tzanhan.