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Advancing Beyond the Beach: Amphibious Operations in an Era of Precision Weapons
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Advancing Beyond the Beach: Amphibious Operations in an Era of Precision Weapons
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have been the world's most formidable amphibious force for more than seven decades. They have maintained more than 10 ships and 6,000 Marines continuously deployed since World War II, and conducted dozens of operations against contested beaches, islands, and cities in that time. The competition between amphibious forces and defenders ashore, however, is entering a new, more deadly, phase.

