The Bleak Future of Undersea Warfare

Abstract

The undersea warfare community is at a crossroads. Potential adversaries China and Russia have rapidly increased their capabilities in the undersea domain while the U.S. has remained relatively stagnant. The U.S. needs to change the way that it approaches operations in this domain or risk losing our once significant advantage. One key to accomplishing this change is an application of a Distributed Lethality concept across all domains, including the undersea domain. This is imperative for the Navy to succeed in future conflicts. The undersea warfare community must also address the rapid development and implementation of new technologies and weapons. Without these advancements, submarines will have a minimal affect in the distributed maritime operations strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2017
Accession Number
AD1058272

Entities

People

  • Randall K. Riewerts

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Submarines
  • Command And Control
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Submarines
  • Undersea Warfare
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies