How much more could Italian naval raiders have achieved with a modern equivalent of their wartime assault equipment?
Short answerThey might have caused greater initial damage, but Britain learned from Alexandria and made later attacks much harder to repeat.
NotesItalian underwater attackers achieved a remarkable result when they disabled two British capital ships at Alexandria. Better modern equipment could make a similar force even more dangerous against an unprepared target. British security did not remain equally lax after the first shock, however. Later attacks faced defenses shaped by the Alexandria lesson, showing how a spectacular tactical success can rapidly change the conditions that made it possible.