Also remember that warships are cheaper than wars. Thus we must expand the navy. Admiral Mahan, the great American thinker had advocated a large American navy at the turn of the 19th century. Besides, the weight of a powerful navy gives force to diplomacy and that is what the 'Look East policy' is all about. The next time when the navy is dispatched on a 'flag showing' mission, not one or two, but half a dozen ships ought to be sent.
Numbers are important.
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