![]() ![]() The Marine Corps Is Drastically Reinventing Itself.That has involved shedding artillery and tanks, and investing in aviation and truck-mounted Naval Strike Missiles that can sink ships from over a hundred miles away. Such operations favorably shape the diplomatic and deterrence landscape before any high intensity war need take place.īut the Corps under Berger has also radically re-invented itself around a new concept for its role in a high-intensity conflict. presence in the Pacific and Indian Oceans at a time China is stepping up such overseas presence ops, too. First, it argues the kind of expeditionary and rapid crisis response capability embarked Marine Corps units provide-even in humanitarian missions-should be seen as more valuable for asserting the U.S. ![]() The Marine Corps leadership is aware of the shifting in defense priorities and has a two-part response. In a recent series of wargames simulating an attempted invasion of Taiwan, attempts to transport troops by air or sea to the besieged island ended with their destruction. ![]() These vessels therefore rely on escorts to provide a more robust defensive umbrella, and don’t contribute offensive capabilities to a high-intensity fight. 50-caliber machine guns and two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers (range 6 miles). For that scenario, the Navy wants more attack submarines, destroyers stuffed full of air defense missiles, and aircraft carriers with long-range strike aircraft.īy contrast, the Gator Navy’s vessels have only limited close-defense capability: a mix of 20-, 25-, and 30-millimeter autocannons. After decades of focus on counter-insurgency and beating out regional brush fires, the Navy is now contemplating how to potentially fight an adversary with a large and powerful navy and air force, and an arsenal of anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles that could sink ships from hundreds of miles away. military in the last decade, the downgrading of the amphibious fleet has to do with China’s growing military power in the Pacific.
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