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U.S. Navy backs off deployment in tense Georgian port

The United States scuttled its plan to sail humanitarian aid into Georgia's main seaport Wednesday as Russia denounced the deployment and sent a naval task force into the waters off nearby Abkhazia .

Webmaster's Commentary: 

There is nothing 'humanitarian' about an 800 ton guided missile destroyer delivery 50 tons of diapers and sanitary napkins.

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In the year 2008 the fatal

Easterling

In the year 2008 the fatal flaw in naval warfare is that a ship only has to be sunk once. End of story.

That a multi-million dollar ship can be sunk using relatively inexpensive weapons is evidenced by the sinking of HMS Sheffield by one exocet missle in 1982 -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80)

With the scientific/technological advances of the past 26 years in mind would it not seem prudent to assume that enemies of the USN have armed themselves with weapons capable of neutralizing any and all USN tactical and technological advantages?

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