U.S. Navy (Woody Paschall)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) fires a tomahawk missile in a training area off the coast of California. But the United States and its allies aren't the only entities with advanced long-range precision strike (LRPS) technology. "In the coming decades, adversaries will continue to use [LRPS systems] to support anti-access and area-denial strategies that will place American bases, ships, and aircraft at great risk," the author warns.
U.S. Navy (Woody Paschall)

Sea Power in the Precision-Missile Age

In the hands of adversaries, long-range strike systems could drastically alter the conduct of war at sea.
By Rear Admiral Walter E. Carter Jr., U.S. Navy
May 2014
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The constant evolution of military technology has driven continuous change in the character of warfare, to the benefit of the militaries that adapt the most successfully. More than 70 years have passed since a major maritime conflict. During that time many new technologies have emerged, with few combat tests to provide reliable guideposts regarding what will prove successful now and in a future conflict.

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