Current and projected threats to surface ships in certain high threat areas of the world, e.g., the North Atlantic, suggest that alternatives to the U.S. Navy's carrier-centered. This paper examines the costs and effectiveness of cruise missile equipped submarines and aircraft to replace carriers in high threat areas, and compares a number of aviation support ships for lower threat contingencies.
Alternative Surface Navy Force Structures for the Future
1983
89 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Nuclear Warfare , Underwater Launched Missiles , Naval operations , Naval planning , Military requirements , Military organizations , Fleets(ships) , Cost effectiveness , Carrier based aircraft , Vertical takeoff aircraft , Submarines , Cruise missiles , War games , Computerized simulation , Threat evaluation , Vulnerability , USSR , Task forces , Water traffic , Logistics support , Ocean surface , Navy force structures , Maritime nuclear war
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