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Terrorism and Its Effects on the Immediate Future of the United States Navy American naval policies changed much in the two some hundred odd years of its existence, but one factor has remained constant, and this one aspect will never change. The United States prides itself and boasts superiority based on the fact that it is a peaceful, non-aggressive country, unless unduly acted upon. America will always be on the defensive to begin with. The numbers of ships that they carry is always proportional to the total number of ships held by other countries, for safety, unless in time of war. The principles by which the navy is run is extremely simple, and it will be easy to generalize naval doings of the past and relate them to the future. From the Revolutionary War to the present day conflict in Iraq, boats have evolved, and technology advanced, but the navy still runs the same way. From fragile wooden canon toting ships to the vessels that can fight both in the air and the on the sea, and the vessels that can fight on the sea and underwater, technological advances would never much change the navy’s official policy. The United States has always only maintained a number of ships in order to keep the rest of the world afraid of making sudden offenses, until wartime, when the President would authorize the mass production of our most effective vessels. It is easy to assume that this will keep true within the next fifty years, especially since monitoring technology such as satellites and spy planes makes it easier to assess other nations’ navies. Also, it is important to note that in time of war, such as today, navies will be held at a large scale in the face of threat. Upkeep of a strong navy in the face of the enemy is incredibly important because the oceans are the only thing standing between home shores and the enemy. The navy will always be an important part of foreign diplomacy, but with the invention of such things as the stealth bomber and planes that could transport large number of troops faster than on the water, the navy started to have less significance.
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