Gunner’s Mate Kyle Mendenhall shows the Drone Restricted Access Using Known Electromagnetic Warfare (DRAKE) system aboard USS Kansas City (LCS-22) on Aug. 16, 2021. USNI News Photo
By Tom Lewis*
Concerning recent days in the Middle East, our good friend and long-time ally the United States has requested us to send a warship to safeguard vessels transiting those troubled waters. We have said no. What sort of ally are we that when our major partner asks for help we don’t respond? A disloyal one.
