Shipbucket

Furthermore, trade is much more intertwined now than in 1913. During the Belle Epoque the "metropolis" were much more integrated with their own empires than with other nations. The supply chain was therefore still very much within the control of their own state. The nations which were most intertwined were Great Britain, France and the USA, which all ended up on the same side anyways. In the present there is no major nation that can sustain itself outside of trade relations as they stand today. Take Venezuela, for example, who's government is quite clearly "opposed" to the current international order. Venezuela's economy still depends almost entirely on their oil exports to the USA, the nation that Chavez likes to criticize the most. This is why only total "pariah" states, or states with little to no economic value to the global supply chain, can be attacked/invaded. Such was the case with the mess in the Balkans in the 1990s, and then with Afghanistan, Iraq and Georgia. If a state that is valuable to the global economic structure is attacked, then the global reply will be quick and effective, for example with Kuwait in '91.

I was reading in AFM (air forces monthly) that they plan for QE to be in service for a maximum of 4 years before it's taken out of service and put into reserve. Leaving just PoW for aviation...

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AU Projects: | Banbha et al. | New England: The Divided States
Blood and Fire

QE will be pulled to be refitted for CATOBAR opps, then QE and PoW will alternate between being the active and the reserve hull.

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𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐄𝐓- 𝑻𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆

See that's what I thought but the wording in that seems to dictate it's just going to sit there :\

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AU Projects: | Banbha et al. | New England: The Divided States
Blood and Fire