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Littoral warfare platforms such as the Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel, can operate in the Baltic and Black Seas without violating the Montreux Convention.
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Baltic and Black Sea Navies Must Invest in Littoral Warfare

By Lieutenant Colin Barnard, U.S. Navy
December 2019
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In an article last year, Lieutenant Ian Sundstrom and I argued for an upgunned patrol craft (PC) to replace the current fleet of Cyclone-class PCs nearing the end of their already extended service life. More recently, we argued for the U.S. Navy to double-down on forward deployment of such PCs or missile corvettes to increase capability and deterrence across multiple theaters of operations at low cost and to be poised for a fight inside strategic bodies of water. In addition to these strategies, the United States’ NATO allies and partners in the Baltic and Black Seas need to invest in littoral warfare. 

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Lieutenant Colin Barnard, U.S. Navy

Lieutenant Barnard is serving as a staff operations and plans officer at NATO Maritime Command in Northwood, U.K. He was previously gunnery officer on board the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and weapons officer on board the Firebolt (PC-10), and he was recently selected to be a foreign area officer in Europe. He graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland with a master’s in terrorism studies and holds a bachelor’s in political science from Abilene Christian University in Texas.

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