Success — in any human action — is assisted by size, experience, power, planning, and flexibility. But not one of these variables guarantees success. The U.S. Navy is not an exception. Its size today — 275 combatants, down from 568 at the end of the Reagan administration — does not assure invincibility. And its reach, while protecting global U.S. and allied interests, is vulnerable to potential adversaries whose enlarging regional naval forces are an increasing challenge.
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