Mare Mosso: The Mediterranean Theater.

Abstract

Frequent reassessment of the strategic situation in a theater is always useful and for the naval planner always has the same point: does the current and planned U.S. naval posture in the theater make sense? When it comes to the Mediterranean many have argued that the goal of maintaining two carriers continuously deployed with Sixth Fleet does not make sense. The authors are inclined to agree and offer the following assessment of the Mediterranean theater to support this judgment. We will not argue the details of what a remodeled Sixth Fleet ought to be; our research does permits use to conclude, however, if it is the nation's judgment that change is desirable, the situation is ripe for implementing a change at quite reasonable political costs within the Mediterranean theater itself. Contents: Background; Origins of Current Situation; Peacetime Deployments; Soviet Naval Activities; U.S. Naval Activities; Wartime Strategy and Operations: Soviet Options, Western Options, Prospects for the Future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA153741

Entities

People

  • K. G. Weiss
  • N. B. Dismukes

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Black Sea
  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Naval Aviation
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design