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Most people don't think about power projection or naval power in general. As SCM Paine said, navies are invisible; they're either away at sea somewhere or sitting in port doing nothing and most of their value comes from deterring actions like landings or resupplies.
They also don't get how horrendously dependent most of the world is on globalized AG to survive. Russia is well positioned to be food sufficient, but that's about it for the BRICS nations. Famine with deaths denominated in the billions would happen in the event of trade disruption to Asia and Africa.