What Is NMESIS, The Marine Corps’ New Ship Killer?
The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.
The Marine Corps says the new missile is a top modernization priority. Analysts say China is a big reason why.
Analysts from Govini say the Navy's current investments leaves open the question whether the service can fulfill its vision for Distributed Maritime Operations in the next decade.
Putting a variety of unmanned capabilities through their paces “in a Pacific warfighting scenario,” Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher, Pacific Fleet’s director of maritime headquarters, said in a statement, the exercise “will include maneuvering in contested space across all domains, targeting and fires, and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance."
The document outlines an evolving effort to stand up a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying ad hoc bases to support an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.
If the United States cannot better align its actions, messaging, and strategy and do it in a unified fashion — as it did during the Cold War — it risks reductions to military readiness and our ability to effectively compete with adversaries.