Think Small: Adding Small Combatant Ships Would Beef Up the Navys Capabilities

Abstract

The Navy has a relatively large number of surface combatants capable of conducting a wide range of missions in a high-intensity conflict. However, the Navy lacks adequate capabilities to operate effectively in the littorals, in particular in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas (popularly called narrow seas).A force of the new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), when they enter service in the next decade, will not significantly increase the Navys capabilities in conducting littoral warfare. This bad situation can be changed by building or acquiring a force composed of multipurpose corvettes and missile combat craft

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1014459

Entities

People

  • Milan Vego

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ship Missiles
  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Launchers
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Marine Transportation
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Rockets
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Ships
  • Warfare

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