Avoid capital ships in contested coasts

Modern, high‑speed anti‑ship and sea‑launched land‑attack missiles make large, costly warships poor bets in contested littoral areas; navies should favor disperseable, lower‑value missile carriers—expendable aircraft, small missile craft, and distributed sensors—so that losses do not catastrophically concentrate firepower or political risk. Historical cases (Falklands, Iran‑Iraq) and the economics of saturation attacks imply doctrine and procurement change, not just incremental upgrades. — If adopted, this reframes naval procurement, alliance naval operations, and defense budgets away from capital ships toward distributed, lower‑cost systems—affecting industry, basing, and the political oversight of military spending.