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Videos – Commanding the Seas: A Plan to Reinvigorate U.S. Navy Surface Warfare
On November 18, 2014, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments hosted a congressional discussion sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin and Representative Reid Ribble to discuss a new operational concept to guide evolution of the U.S. surface force.
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47 Seconds From Hell: A Challenge To Navy Doctrine
Someone shoots a cruise missile at you. How far away would you like to stop it: over 200 miles out or less than 35?
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New Report Says Surface Navy Should Go On Offensive
The U.S. Navy needs to embrace a more offensive surface warfare strategy which finds additional uses for long-range weapons and missiles, adds lasers and electromagnetic rail guns when available, according to a new study.
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Keeping Tabs on the Pentagon
If you want to find out how much the Pentagon’s military operations cost, Todd Harrison is your go-to guy.
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Analyst: Surface Navy Needs Revamped Payloads for Offensive Warfare
The Navy’s surface fleet is in need of some short-term payload adjustments to regain an advantage in offensive surface strike capabilities.
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A Strategy to Save U.S. Military Superiority
Facing an uncertain period of fiscal austerity, the U.S. military nevertheless confronts a range of worsening security threats around the globe. Dealing with emerging threats is increasingly difficult as traditional sources of U.S. military advantage are being undermined by the maturation and proliferation of disruptive technologies—most notably, anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) capabilities. Secretary of Defense Hagel recently cautioned that, “disruptive technologies and destructive weapons once solely possessed by only advanced nations” are proliferating widely, including to highly advanced and unsophisticated militaries alike, as well as even some non-state extremist groups. Most prominently, China and Russia are “pursuing and funding long-term, comprehensive military modernization programs,” to include fielding an array of capabilities “designed to counter traditional U.S. military advantages—in particular, our ability to project power to any region across the globe by surging aircraft, ships, troops, and supplies.”[1]