Operational Art Can Neutralize the Asymmetric Small Boat Threat in Major Operations

Abstract

As the United States naval services continue to emphasize operational maneuver from the sea and war in the littorals, potential adversaries are responding with innovative, often asymmetric approaches to coastal naval warfare. Two of these would-be opponents - Iran and North Korea - are exploiting small boat warfare and integrated coastal defenses to blunt, neutralize, or defeat U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operations in their littorals. Effective tactical level, shipborne defenses against small boats are still elusive; however, the application of operational art, particularly the use of operational fires and the proper synchronization and sequencing of operational functions and taskings, can reduce, even defeat, significant small boat threats and coastal defenses in major operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401088

Entities

People

  • Owens Sirrs

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Power
  • Boats
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.