Navy conquered COVID-19 on ships, but pandemic has a long tail
(World News Russia)

A year ago, the Navy encountered a formidable new adversary that appeared capable of crippling the service`s ability to deploy its fleet. It wasn`t China or Russia or terrorist organizations, all of which have been at the forefront of military thinking for the past decade. Rather, the adversary was the fast-spreading and deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But thanks to strenuous efforts to mitigate the impact of the virus on ships and submarines, largely put into place after a shipboard outbreak sidelined an aircraft carrier, the Navy has maintained an ambitious tempo of operations and kept its assets deployed as it saw fit. “It`s extremely impressive how few outbreaks we`ve seen on ships, and how...