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That no U.S. ship was reportedly struck does little to soften the gravity of a moment when the unspoken rules were tested so openly.
The swift American counterstrikes on suspected launch sites underscored both capability and risk. Every radar silenced, every battery hit, raised a sharper question: how close had the region come to a wider war? In such a narrow corridor, miscalculation is not a theoretical danger but a constant shadow.
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