Modularized Ocean Basing System-A United States Option in a Strategy of Discriminate Deterrence (Circa 2000).

摘要

This report investigates the feasibility of employing MOBS, the Modularized Ocean Basing System, as an alternative to fixed land basing overseas. MOBS is a concept for floating bases that could serve to project United States power as part of a U.S. forward strategy of 'Discriminate Deterrence'. The requirement for such an alternative to land basing becomes increasingly likely in a typical Third World scenario of growing nationalism and denial of extraterritorial rights to the U.S. This trend is likely to become amplified following recent changes in the political attitude of Communist Block nations and the Soviet Union. Keywords: Naval operations; MOBS; Modularized ocean basing systems; U.S. power projection; Circa 2000; Forward basing; Deployable basing systems; Future basing alternatives; Multi-service joint logistic support structure.