Center for International Maritime Security | Fostering the …
WEBBy Scott A. Humr. Technical talent is critical to the Department of the Navy’s bid for technological overmatch in modern warfare. More emphatically, Vice Admiral Loren Selby stated in the Navy’s Naval STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Strategic Plan, “Strong Naval STEM efforts are critical to America’s future, and are a matter of national security.” 1 While ...
Fighting DMO, Pt. 1: Defining Distributed Maritime Operations …
WEBFeb 20, 2023 · By Dmitry Filipoff. Series Introduction “Why study tactics? It is the sum of the art and science of the actual application of combat power. It is the soul of our profession.” –Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, foreword to the second edition of Fleet Tactics by Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr.. In the Western Pacific, the U.S. Navy is facing one of the most powerful arrays of anti-ship ...
Breaking the Anti-Ship Missile Kill Chain
WEBFeb 26, 2018 · By Dick Mosier. With the fielding of increasingly capable anti-ship missiles, the centerpiece of the next conflict with a near-peer maritime power will be warfare to deny the adversary the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition information required for successful anti-ship missile …
Chokepoints and Littorals Topic Week | Center for International ...
WEBBy Dmitry Filipoff. From June 1-12, 2020, CIMSEC featured a wide array of publications on strategic maritime chokepoints and littorals, submitted in response to our call for articles issued in partnership with the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity of U.S. Marine Corps University. This turned out to be one of the most packed CIMSEC topic weeks in recent memory, and one of the ...
Blockade: An Imperfect Strategy | Center for International Maritime ...
WEBMay 1, 2019 · Here’s some interesting food for thought.Say a blockade proves somewhat effective.What if the chinese decide that the only way to circumvent the blockade is to launch an all out offensive to reach the chokepoints themselves?Say the chinese consider anyone that cooperates with the US in enforcing such a blockade as an enemy and are fully justified in attacking them.So a rapid chinese ...
Fleet Warfare Week - Center for International Maritime Security
WEBBy Dmitry Filipoff. During the week of June 24, 2024, CIMSEC featured analysis submitted in response to our call for articles on fleet warfare.Authors explored many themes, including the potentially decisive tactic of homeport strikes, more deeply integrating fleets into acquisition and interagency processes, and putting the surface fleet at the forefront of U.S. sea control doctrine.
Navigating the Black Ditch: Risks in the Taiwan Strait
WEBDec 25, 2014 · As a Christmas gift from our friends at Risk Intelligence, we’re sharing two free articles from the publication Strategic Insights by CIMSECians. This first (also available in Pdf form), by myself, originally appeared in the September 2014 issue and provides a background and maritime risk analysis on the Taiwan Strait.. The author’s sole experience transiting the Taiwan Strait was not a ...
The 50-Year Dilemma In Aircraft Carrier Design and the Future of ...
WEBBy Brent D. Sadler. June 2024 marks the 90 th year since commissioning the Ranger (CV-4), the first purpose-designed and built U.S. aircraft carrier. The Ranger stood on the legacies of several ships, most notably the converted collier Langley (CV-1), commissioned in 1922. A century of lessons learned from fleet experimentation during the interwar period, wartime experiences from World War Two ...
Battlespace Awareness Tools Are Central to Fleet Readiness
WEBDec 6, 2021 · By Michael Tiefel and Andrew Orchard. In his book Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, Capt.(ret) Wayne Hughes states: “At sea the essence of tactical success has been the first application of effective offensive force.” 1 Capt. Hughes’ warfighting axiom – applying offensive force first – is the distinct advantage information warfare (IW) intends to deliver, and it is predicated on ...
East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zones: A Primer
WEBNov 10, 2022 · Figure 1: East China Sea Air Identification Zones. Taiwan’s ADIZ is defined in its AIP. 26 The Taiwan ADIZ was established by the United States after the Second World War and applies the standard request for aircraft entering the zone intending to enter Taiwanese air space to identify themselves. Civil aircraft are required to fly above 4,000 feet along designated airways or as vectored by ...