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Fighting the fleet : operational art and modern fleet combat /

"Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war-striking, screening, scouting, and basing-and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme. In explaining these...

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Main Authors: Cares, Jeffrey R.
Group Author: Cowden, Anthony, 1962-; Swift, Scott H.
Published: Naval Institute Press,
Publisher Address: Annapolis, Maryland :
Publication Dates: [2021]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Blue & gold professional library
Subjects:
United States. > Navy.
Sea-power > United States > History > 21st century.
Military doctrine > United States > History > 21st century.
Naval tactics > History > 21st century.
Naval art and science.
Operational art (Military science)
Military doctrine.
Naval tactics.
Sea-power.
United States.
Summary: "Fighting the Fleet recognizes that fleets conduct four distinct but interlocking tasks at the operational level of war-striking, screening, scouting, and basing-and that successful operational art is achieved when they are brought to bear in a cohesive, competitive scheme. In explaining these elements and how they are conjoined for advantage, a central theme emerges: despite the utility and importance of jointness among the armed forces, the effective employment of naval power requires a specialized language and understanding of naval concepts that is often diluted or completely lost when too much jointness is introduced"--
Carrier Form: xvii, 189 pages : illustrations, map, forms ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.
ISBN: 9781682477274
1682477274
Index Number: VA58
CLC: E712.9
E712.53-09
Call Number: E712.53-09/C271-1
Contents: Introduction -- Naval power -- Search and surveillance -- Logistics and maneuver -- Control -- Fighting fleets in the robotic age -- Conclusion -- Appendices: A. Salvo model of warships in missile combat used to evaluate their staying power / by Wayne P. Hughes Jr. -- B. The salvo equations and force planning -- C. Deconstructing C4ISR -- D. Distributed combat power: application of salvo theory to unmanned systems / by Jeffrey R. Cares.

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