“In the 1970s the U.S. Navy had ship tenders that could pull alongside a destroyer and resupply it. Not today. The Vertical Launch Systems have to be reloaded in a port. That means the destroyers will have to sail to Dubai, which means the U.S. aircraft carrier they are accompanying will have to follow because it relies on them for protection from ballistic and cruise missiles.”
So what genius civilian-military ops planners envisioned this scenario as the war of the future?
You were only supposed to use the $2M missiles to sink $1B ships or shoot $100M aircraft out of the sky and you can afford the missiles a lot more than the other guy can afford to lose ships and planes.
Problem is that cheap drones change the equation. You can't afford to shoot at the drones and you can't afford not to.
So, the reality should be, you make us spend $2M shooting down a useless drone. We will use another $2M missile to take out a $2B asset of your. Iran, we will start with oil wells and military bases. But it's against our doctrine to go for countervalue, which is like trying to play penny anny poker with solid gold chips. You can only lose.