[Mariner]

“What would a Navy ship on the wrong end of an AShM launch be permitted to do other than activate its anti-missile systems, and put some distance between itself and the source of the ordnance?”

Any ship fired upon with modern ordnance in international waters would empty its tubes.

And within 20mins the cavalry will arrive.

Some stupid bastard will have started a war.

[Zhang Fei]

[Any ship fired upon with modern ordnance in international waters would empty its tubes.

And within 20mins the cavalry will arrive.

Some stupid bastard will have started a war.]

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My impression is that ROEs depend on presidential policy. Obama let an entire boat and its crew be captured by Iran.

[A strike]

To paraphrase from Top Gun: within 20mins ? ,

“bullsh1t this thing will be over in 5 minutes.”