Penetrating the A2AD Environment in 2035: The Connector Problem and a Way Ahead for the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Team

Abstract

The 2035 Operating Environment (OE), peer competitors will provide determined opposition extending their current defense in depth deeper into the sea and inland through supersonic long-range missile salvos, cyber warfare, drones, unmanned-manned teams, and extensive air and naval superiority. In this future OE< the Marine Operating Concept (MOC) is designed to achieve the effect of mass without concentration, but requires appropriate and abundant landing craft to get ashore, Furthermore, the MOC is intended to compliment the Navy's Distributed Lethality Concept of creating Hunter-Killer Surface Action Groups (SAG) to conduct a breakthrough and exploit an enemy's Anti-Access Area-Denial (A2AD) environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1179033

Entities

People

  • Brandon H. Turner
  • Jason M. Garza

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Denial
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Environment
  • Landing Craft
  • Lethality
  • Military Operations
  • Unmanned
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Cyber
  • Hypersonics