TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY INNOVATION PATHWAYS FOR THE U.S. NAVY IN THE AGE OF COMPETITION

摘要

As the Trump administration assumed the reins of power in 2017 with the promise of a maritime revival, it took command of a USN surface fleet primarily consisting of vessels designed during the Cold War. This fact is not surprising, since ships' life cycles can span many decades. The leadership of the Navy believes, perhaps rightly, that its Cold War-era surface fleet may be ill equipped to deal with myriad future threats on the high seas over the rest of a century that will be marked by near-peer competition. The new century promises a range of new hardware and technologies combining with different maritime strategies, operations, and tactics that could challenge U.S. primacy on the world's oceans.