Submarines and surface ships move toward chokepoints from Singapore to the Kiel Canal and Baltic approaches. Dispersed overseas bases create a cordon rather than support one immediate fleet battle. The stated route to victory is to damage the Russian economy and keep its warships inside their ports. Newly conquered territory, including control of the Kiel Canal approaches and the Russian Far East, changes which bases and routes can support that containment strategy.
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Building a submarine cordon around Russian routes
War with Russia prompts a global redeployment designed to block key ports, contain the Baltic Fleet, and attack economic capacity.