Maritime Strategy for Regional Conflict,

Abstract

Our naval and military leadership has determined that regional conflict will replace the Soviet Union as the threat facing the global stability in the next century. To meet the challenges of regional stability will require a new maritime strategy which must be successful across the spectrum of conflict and geography. It must also reflect the defense policy of deterrence, crisis response, forward presence and force reconstitution. Naval forces, the linchpin in any future strategy, must develop a regional maritime strategy with global application. To respond to the reality of the new threats facing the world those naval forces must be expeditionary in nature. This paper will review the past maritime strategy, the new regional focus, the regional threats and the manner in which regional maritime forces can be used to project forward deployed power to attain U.S. goals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240462

Entities

People

  • John F. Thornell Iii

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cold War
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Littoral Warfare
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Sea Control
  • Security
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Warfare

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