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The question you have to ask is, is the ability to send one fleet or one task force to one small island once and sustain it for probably a short amount of time does that capability

qualify you as a global naval power probably not not.

To say the British Royal Navy is legendary is probably to under

to say the British Royal Navy is legendary

is probably to undersell it.

There have been thousands of books,

fiction and non-fiction, written about its victories during the Napoleonic Wars alone.

It's probably a bit much to expect any organization to keep up that kind of performance for centuries,

but the Royal Navy did.

That's what makes its current state so surprising.

You're listening to Reuters War College, a discussion of the world in conflict, focusing on the stories behind the front lines.

Here are your hosts, Jason Fields, and... on the stories behind the front lines.

Here are your hosts, Jason Fields with Reuters.

And I'm Matthew Gault with Wars Boring.

David Axes is the editor-in-chief of Wars Boring and he's also the author of an article that

appeared on the Reuters website this fantastic article which is what the US

should learn from Britain's dying Navy.

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