The combination of a modern long-range bomber (the H-20), and an expanded seaborne ballistic missile force, as well as this massive inflation of the land-based ICBM component, makes China’s nuclear forces look far more like their “hegemonic” counterparts in Russia and the United States than the minimal or limited deterrent presented by French or British nuclear forces.
The Navy wants to hire an industry partner for its Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab, or RAIL, office.
The new policy comes as a result of the loss of the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020.
As the importance of oceans, coastlines, economic exclusion zones and sovereign waters increases, countries are faced with a crucial problem.
The company is anticipating a contract later this year for work associated with backfitting Flight IIA destroyers.
The new era of seapower requires new approaches and new tools for the U.S. military and its allies.
“The Navy’s going to have a huge problem,” Mark Cancian, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said of the service’s likely budget squeeze.
Rear Adm. Bill Houston described a submarine that boasts the payload and speed of the Seawolf-class submarines, the acoustics and senors of Virginia-class and the operational availability and service life of the Columbia-class submarines.