Russia's use of blue-water assets in the Black Sea is treated as a problem of operating ocean-going warships in a confined, largely littoral space. The carriers Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales provide a comparison: the Baltic and Black Sea are judged unsuitable places to maneuver them in a modern conflict. The Mediterranean offers somewhat more room, although it remains constrained. A separate comment on the game's flat map warns that flattening a curved surface can exaggerate apparent size, with Britain and France as examples. The map's appearance should therefore be distinguished from the space available for naval operations.
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Confined seas and blue-water assets
Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales illustrate a caution about deploying large carriers in the Baltic or Black Sea, with somewhat more room available in the Mediterranean.