[Tallguy]

I don’t think you want to put large naval forces in an area filled with shallow reefs and navigational choke-points. You could send a SEAL Team onto several of those reefs and clear them out in 10 minutes plus bring back all the hardware & comm gear for analysis. What happened? Oh, Typhoon!

Those islands are very vulnerable. But going at them with B-52’s when they are defended by SAMS is just playing their game.

[husky ed]

That island's port can handle any ship in our Navy. Plus the Navy has already sailed two destroyers within 12 miles of it which is plenty close.

Ed