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Naval Escalation in an Unmanned Context

Naval Escalation in an Unmanned Context

Center for International Maritime Security — Lessons about escalation from two decades of operational employment of unmanned aircraft cannot be imported, wholesale, to the surface and subsurface domains – where there is little to no operational record of unmanned vessel employment. The technology, operating environments, expected threats, tactics, and other factors differ substantially.
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Why drone boats are an overhyped Achilles' fleet

Why drone boats are an overhyped Achilles' fleet

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists — As the United States races to field unmanned surface vessels, the hype should not overshadow severe operational use-case and cybersecurity limitations.
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The Unplanned Costs of an Unmanned Fleet

The Unplanned Costs of an Unmanned Fleet

War on the Rocks — Two subjects are nearly inescapable in commentary about the U.S. Navy today. The first is the much-maligned, 15-year saga of the littoral combat ship (LCS), which has provided an unfortunate case study for interest group capture, misalignment of ends and means, cost overruns, and engineering failures.
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Will Americans Die for Freedom of Navigation?

Will Americans Die for Freedom of Navigation?

Foreign Policy Magazine — The U.S. Navy's Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOP) in East Asia are often sold as a way to challenge China's aggression at sea and reinforce norms. But in reality, they endanger U.S. lives and national assets in a game of brinksmanship that promises little meaningful benefit.
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China's Maritime Militia and Fishing Fleets

China's Maritime Militia and Fishing Fleets

U.S. Army — China uses its maritime militia and fishing fleets as policy instruments to bridge the economic, informational, and military realms. Two PhD candidates provide a thorough discussion on China's maritime policies and activities; the strategic uses, strengths, and limitations of China's maritime militia and fishing fleets; and the challenges they pose to U.S.
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The 100-Ship Navy - War on the Rocks

The 100-Ship Navy - War on the Rocks

War on the Rocks — Naval officers pray at the altar of "more ships." We demand more of them, fantasize about new ways to use them, and assume that the fleet will only grow. In the navalist faith, the post-Cold War period - which saw the fleet fall to an all-time low of 279 ships in 2007 - was an aberration, but happily the " return to great-power rivalry " has obliterated such shortsightedness.
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Peacetime Surface Warfare Officers Need to be Wartime Thinkers

Peacetime Surface Warfare Officers Need to be Wartime Thinkers

Proceedings — Today's surface warfare officers are in a peacetime mindset. They have grown accustomed to a supporting role in warfare, rather than being supported themselves. During the long war, the community has forgotten that it represents the maritime combat arms branch of the joint service.
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Now Hear This: The Navy is Unprepared for Analog War

Now Hear This: The Navy is Unprepared for Analog War

Proceedings — When electronics fail, the Navy must be able to fall back on analog equivalents- such as the marine sextant- to navigate, communicate, and fight. The next war will be analog, and the surface Navy is unprepared for it.
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Nobody Asked Me, But . . . - Let's Capitalize on our Multicultural Sailors and Marines

Nobody Asked Me, But . . . - Let's Capitalize on our Multicultural Sailors and Marines

Proceedings — I'm a ship driver, so I was shocked to leave the pilothouse for the desert in April 2014. My ship, the USS Bataan (LHD-5), had departed in February for a 5th Fleet deployment with the 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
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Life Among Syria's Not-So-Secret Police

Life Among Syria's Not-So-Secret Police

The Wall Street Journal — One day, when there is peace and freedom in Syria, travel to its northern city of Aleppo. Take a service taxi from the southern outskirts into neighboring Idlib, before driving east through the hills and olive groves. There's a village there called Belayoun, so small that it doesn't appear on most maps.
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Unmanned Ships: A Fleet to Do What?

Unmanned Ships: A Fleet to Do What?

Center for International Maritime Security — If the Navy intends to reorient its ways and means of warfare – and if the taxpayer is expected to pay for it – then Congress and the American people deserve a formal, public strategy document on the general purposes and risks of unmanned surface vessels.
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