A warship visit can project a national image, but the navy cannot control how every audience interprets it. The service chooses the image it presents. That projection can shape perception without fixing the audience's response. Presence diplomacy therefore depends on deliberate signaling rather than assumed control over interpretation.
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A navy can project an image without controlling perception
Navies choose the image a warship projects, while each audience decides how to read it.