| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) |
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RUSI occasional paper, 2397-0286 |
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RUSI occasional paper. 2397-0286
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- I. The future strategic environment and the role of maritime strike. -- II. Deterrence and compellence at sea in the future strategic environment. -- III. Technology and the future operating environment: challenges facing carrier strike in the missile age. -- IV. The UK's future maritime strike capabilities: strategic rational, future concepts of employment and operations. -- Strategic objectives and drivers for the employment of carrier strike. -- V. Concepts of operations and key lines of development. -- VI. Lines of effort to deliver a concept of operations for persistent competition. -- Scalable forward-engaged formations. -- Surface strike and standoff. -- Light-heavy teaming. -- Littoral integration, C2 and information advantages. -- Conclusion. -- About the author |
| Summary |
The imminent arrival to initial operating capability of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers leaves the Royal Navy at an inflection point. While the strategic and operational environment prevailing at present is radically different from the environment in which the carriers were first conceived, the platforms retain the ability to evolve in a way that will provide policymakers with highly flexible capability in the coming decades. In order to do this, however, new concepts of employment and operations will need to be adopted to better match the strengths of the carriers to the changing operating environment while offsetting their weaknesses. The critical question that this paper answers is how the UK's carrier strike capability can be leveraged to effect in an era of persistent competition. This will, in turn, drive a number of work strands for the Royal Navy in the coming years with respect to force design, procurement and the C4ISR architecture of the UK Strike Force. RUSI has conducted an analysis of the ways that the Navy can leverage the potential of its aircraft carriers in the context of a strategic environment characterised by persistent competition |
| Notes |
"November 2020." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (RUSI, viewed December 26, 2020) |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Operational readiness
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Royal Navy. fast (OCoLC)fst00529487 |
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Aircraft carriers -- Great Britain -- Strategic aspects
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Sea-power -- Great Britain -- Planning
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Armed Forces -- Operational readiness.
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Great Britain.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, publisher.
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