I don’t get it, why advertise our capabilities?
Well, if I read the little excerpt, and infer from the title correctly, we didn’t advertise it.
That said, it also never hurts to let you enemies know that you have certain capabilities. Not all of them mind you, but from time to time, you need to let them know you’re gonna be no pushover.
Also, as was mentioned, the Navy gets to test some capabilities in a real world, fluid environment. You can only test in the lab, or scripted live fire tests for so long.
If this story is true then: NICE SHOOTING NAVY!!
Why does a rattle snake rattle?