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Originally Posted by Kapitan
Its more a coalition thing we was escorted into Umm Qasr near Basra by two RN mine warfare ships, these vessels will linger off shore and deploy they wont get close in like what we did.
The St Malo agreement is very broad so there's a lot of availability but something is better than nothing and i would assume these ships will have point defense weapons
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With modern profilation of AShMs I do not see how you can deploy your amphibs from a safe distance.
Basically my point is that Amphib ships should be viewed as and built as combat ships, with all the relevant survivability measures. And knowing the RN track record of provided for but not fitted with i am not sure that they would get adequate point defenses.
Especially considering the potential loss of life if something goes wrong.