What Does the U.S. Navy Need in Its Future ... - RAND Corporation
Apr 26, 2024 · For many years, from the 1970s until after the Cold War, the U.S. Navy sought a “high-low” mix of surface combatants, in which there were both very capable combatants that …
The Challenges of Force Design: The Case of the U.S. Navy
Mar 4, 2025 · The recent Commission on the National Strategy of the United States report notes that burgeoning national security threats have not been adequately met. Among concerns is …
The Black Sea and the Changing Face of Naval Warfare | RAND
Oct 31, 2023 · The current war is the latest in a long history of battles in the Black Sea, a crossroads whose fertile shores have induced numerous nations to seek to dominate the sea …
Combat Pair: The Evolution of Air Force-Navy Integration in Strike ...
Dec 8, 2007 · The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy have steadily developed exceptional cross-service harmony in their conduct of integrated strike operations since the first Persian Gulf …
Naval Logistics in Contested Environments - RAND Corporation
Mar 6, 2024 · The U.S. Navy is evolving toward distributed maritime operations (DMO) in order to mass overwhelming combat power in response to the capabilities of near-peer adversaries in …
The Chinese Military's Doubtful Combat Readiness - RAND …
Jan 27, 2025 · In this paper, the author argues that the modernization of the PLA is fundamentally driven by the imperative to keep the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in power and not to fight …
Air Power in the Gulf War: Evaluating the Claims | RAND
In analyzing the role of air power in the desert war, A League of Airmen ultimately probes into every important aspect of the air campaign. It examines the contributions and the problems of …
ident Xi Jinping assigned for the PLA to achieve “fully modernized” status: (1) War control (and, therefore, campaign success) depends on information dominance; (2) combat space is …
What Chinese Navy Planners Are Learning from Ukraine's Use of …
Apr 4, 2024 · USVs will bring new challenges to the development of traditional military ideas, theories of war, modes of combat, military organizational structures, weapons, and …
Naval Warfare | RAND
Jun 13, 2024 · The Black Sea and the Changing Face of Naval Warfare. Uncrewed surface vessel and uncrewed underwater vessel technologies will continue to mature and be employed for an …