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Russia may choose to engage the US delivery ship, but that This approach takes little treaty work and can be very ? uid, is a violation of international trade and an act of war no dif- which tends to be a game theory advantage. As such, if inter- ferent than intercepting a US ship that is delivering an arms nationally accepted, any country can provide this approach to shipment to a Ukrainian port. any other country of their borders are threatened. If this ap-

The only difference between the delivery of arms to Ukraine’s proach had been in place, Ukraine could have invited friendly border, and delivery of the arms to locations within the country countries to provide arms stores in international waters in the selected by Ukraine is that this just-in-time Amazon approach form of international navy ships with various missile loads by the Arleigh Burke is more ef? cient and effective. and this would have been an additional reason for Russia to

A similar approach can be taken with drone aircraft from think twice about invading Ukraine. carriers. The drones are owned and operated by Ukrainians, Oddly, in concept, this approach is not dissimilar to the in- but serviced and armed by the arms supplier. ternational Navy approach in ? ghting pirates. When closely

While this approach is scary to say the least once the shoot- considered, it is not new law, but rather an extension of in- ing has started, interestingly the prior international establish- ternational law due to newly developed delivery approaches. ment of this approach can be extremely effective as a deterrent If this concept is certi? ed under international law, any coun- against foreign invasion in the future. try with a delivery capability can assist any country with a

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 28, 2022)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided- missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launches a Standard

Missile (SM) 2 during a live-? re missile exercise as part of Paci? c

Vanguard (PV) 22 while operating in the Philippine Sea. PV22 is an exercise with a focus on interoperability and the advanced training and integration of allied maritime forces.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson 24 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2022

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