The Obama administration's plan will replace Bush's anti-missile plan with a re-designed sea- and ground-based system, which destroys short and mid-range missiles instead of intercontinental missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

He is replacing it with a plan that would provide a combined land- and sea-based capability more quickly, focused on shorter range missiles Iran could use to threaten Europe, with the option of expanding later to cover longer range missiles if necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

And the Sea Harrier's range is limited to a few hours of flight.

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While you can always insert a local SIM card into your phone for use when you are in port, this will not help you if you are on a cruise ship at sea and out of range of a local carrier.

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Article V barred the development of the most efficient approaches to defending against long-range missiles (sea-, air- and space-based systems).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy