At the story's center are all the clanging fireballs a kid could want to watch whizzing across a computerized sky -- not to mention naval strategy and a fact-based demonstration of real destroyer-ship capabilities.

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As U.S. strategy shifts from ground operations in the Middle East to naval-air operations in the Western Pacific, the Navy deserves more attention.

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If America had the alternative of either sinking the British aircraft carriers referred to in your leader, or engaging in a constructive dialogue on global strategy, I am afraid Britain would have to write off the jewels of its naval forces.

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