The US military greatly prefers to have more assets than needed on hand rather than the other way round.
In 1958, the Einsenhower administration sent three aircraft carriers and lots of other assets to operation Blue Bat. This was an operation to support the Lebanese government, so it did not face anything like a near-peer adversary.
Last edited by archae86; 17th June 2025 at 16:59.
Reason: correct typo