How the US Navy Can Crush the Biggest Threat to Its Aircraft Carriers: Enemy Submarines

The National Interest 14 hours ago 

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The United States Navy will need to develop an organic carrier-based fixed-wing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability to counter the resurgent threat from enemy submarines. The Navy simply does not have enough attack submarines (SSN), cruisers, destroyers or helicopters to adequately protect the its deployed forces from subsurface threats because its ASW capability has atrophied since the end of the Cold War.
“It’s a growing threat that will almost certainly influence the relevance of the carrier,” said retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix, director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security. “The Navy will need a new platform to replace the ...

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