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159087
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This article examines the logistical support requirements of distributed shorttakeoff–vertical-landing
(STOVL) operations (DSOs) by U.S. Marine Corps
F-35B Lightning II fighters, and alternative solutions to fulfilling those requirements.
As presently envisioned by Marine planners, DSOs will improve the
operational flexibility, survivability,
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ID:
159085
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Good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be back in Newport, the home
of naval strategic thought for well over a hundred years. Thanks to this
school—and to the thousands of military officers and civilian strategists who
have worked here over the years—our Navy has benefited from farsighted and
rigorous thinking about how best to apply maritime power to achieve our nation’s
goals in ever-changing security environments
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ID:
159086
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There has occurred of late a controversy of sorts regarding the vector of
investment by the U.S. Navy. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter overruled
certain aspects of the Navy’s fiscal year 2016 budget, directing funds away from
presence-related items such as the littoral combat ship (LCS) and toward highend
combat capabilities such as the F-35.1
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Admiral John Richardson categorized the ensuing debate about the functions of
presence versus high-end military posture as a “false choice,” asserting that the
Navy must provide both in a balanced manner.2
However, in an era of budget
squeezes, marginal trade-offs meant to solve the problem, such as Carter’s Navy
budget alterations, could result in a Navy that will be able to provide neither to
a sufficient degree. Decisions on “fleet design” should be informed by an understanding
of the relationship between forward engagement, in all its forms, and
combat posture.3
Regarding these two functional elements of the Navy’s mission
as either mutually exclusive or having a primary/collateral relationship is a recipe
for strategic error.
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ID:
159089
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ID:
159088
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Robotic weapons are widely believed to be the future of war.1
Dramatic progress
in the science and engineering of robotics, alongside the perceived success
of the U.S. Predator and Reaper drones in Iraq and Afghanistan, has led many
commentators to conclude that the wars of the twenty-first century increasingly
will be fought, by industrialized nations at least, using remotely piloted and autonomous
weapon systems (AWSs).
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