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In the US, a much-discussed report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, written by former Pentagon submarine expert Bryan Clark, has raised serious questions about the ability of submarines to retain their underwater stealth in the face of "technological advancements, many of them driven by rapid increases in computer processing power".
In his remarks before the House Armed Services Seapower and Power Projection Forces Subcommittee, Bryan Clark argues that American undersea dominance will increasingly be contested by competitors who are pursuing new detection technologies while growing and quieting their own submarine fleets. To affordably sustain its undersea advantage well into this century, the U.S. Navy must accelerate innovation in undersea warfare by evolving the role of manned submarines and exploiting emerging technologies to field a new "family of undersea systems."
This report describes how undersea competitions evolved over the last century, the disruptive trends that may lead to a new era in undersea warfare, and the elements that will comprise an effective approach to the next chapter in undersea competition.
