Diesel Submarines Are A Carrier Commander's Worst Nightmare

USS John C. Stennis in the Arabian Sea.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 5, 2012) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) operates in the Arabian Sea during sunset. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Yeoman 3rd Class James Stahl/Released)

Deep New Threats Emerge With Aircraft Carriers In Sight -- The National

Diesel submarines are a carrier commander's worst nightmare. More than 39 nations possess them.

"The beauty about a diesel submarine is that it has the potential to be far quieter than a nuclear submarine," says Guy Stitt, the president of AMI International, the US naval market analysts.

That makes them almost impossible to detect, and the Americans are worried.

"Our future adversaries are developing a set of capabilities specifically for the purpose of attacking our aircraft carriers," says Mark Gunzinger, a senior fellow with the US think tank the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

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My Comment: The U.S. Navy learned that lesson the hard way when this happened in 2007.

Future War Under The Seas

Naval Base San Diego

Undersea Battle Scenarios Worry Defense Planners -- UPI

LONDON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The prospect of hostile forces aiming to attack Western targets by stealth through underwater channels is worrying defense planners so much that naval strategists have called a conference that will focus on the problem.

The conference, "Underwater Battlespace 2010," is scheduled to take place in London in January 2010. Conference organizers said specialist discussion panels will bring together naval experts from across the world to highlight security concerns that have been sidelined amid advances in airborne and ground defense systems.

Analysts said the changing threat perceptions meant a new emphasis on underwater military challenges and opportunities for more effective defense.

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My Comment: Another threat to focus our attention and monies.

Commentary On Naval Warfare And Peacemaking In The 21rst Century

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A Question From the Department of Dissent -- Information Dissemination

I believe in the theories I opine through the blog. They do not focus on major power war and high intensity conflict in the maritime domain; rather they focus entirely on littoral warfare and low intensity challenges emerging in the maritime domain. I contend that the line between war and peace at sea is becoming blurred, and the approaches to dealing with both are evolving two very different directions, although with some convergence.

I believe it takes fewer people to kill more people in the 21st century due primarily to the advances in technology; we are simply more lethal than we have ever been in the past. I believe naval forces require more ships for peacemaking than they will for warfighting, and that the costs of warfighting with fewer ships will still be extraordinarily higher than the costs of fielding more ships for peacemaking. I believe that when the Navy takes risk in the development of fleet constitution, the Navy should take risks for peacemaking roles, not warfighting roles, but at no time can the Navy ignore the necessity to field low cost platforms for peacemaking.

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My Comment: An informative read. I am 100% in agreement with his observations.