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The Amazon

Model in Global

Naval Deterrence

By Rik van Hemmen announced that the In- dian Ocean High Risk

IMO Area (HRA) will be re- moved on 01 Jan 2023.

It was a rare but really reassuring example that international cooperation can be success- ful. Meanwhile at the time of this writing, the war in Ukraine carries on. Ukranian resistance has been bolstered by very signi? cant western democracy support in the form of weapons sup- ply that have done a great job of stopping Rus- sia in its tracks. However, the Ukranian Crisis shows it is extremely dif? cult to provide sup- port against powerful foreign invaders to non- treaty friendly nations.

If a friendly supporter is not willing to commit actual ? ghting forces, the only support that can be provided is the supply of arms to the country defending itself against a potential invader.

The reality is that these arms are only useful if an invasion occurs, and when a threatened country is inherently weaker than the potential invader, the country cannot bring these arms to bear effectively to stop the invasion.

This conundrum can be solved if one were to take a different approach to arms supply that

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS

Chafee (DDG 90) launches an SM-2 missile as part of a surface to air missile exercise during Rim of the Paci? c (RIMPAC) 2022, July 19, 2022.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn L. Ohrazda 22 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2022

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