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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by lb1lf on Monday November 10, 2025 @10:09AM (#45876698)
A blockade need not be enforced in situ.

Say, with satellite coverage to find out where any blockade runners are and a lot of cruise missiles you could enforce a blockade from a thousand miles away.

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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by mr_toad on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:04PM (#45880891)
That would be extremely difficult to defend against unless you have enough ships to defend every single convoy. WWII showed how helpless big surface ships were against u-boats in defending shipping.
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