January 21, 2019
The U.S. Navy's Ultimate Weapon: "Mother Ship" Strikes?
The future of amphibious attack may consist of thousands of disaggregated manned and unmanned small boats
by Kris Osborn
The future of amphibious attack may consist of thousands of disaggregated manned and unmanned surveillance boats, armor-carrying connectors, minesweepers and small attack vessels operating in tandem as the Navy and Marine Corps refine a new strategic approach and continue their pivot toward a new, great-power threat environment.
The concept is to configure a dispersed, yet “networked†fleet of next-generation connectors and other smaller boats launched from big-deck amphib “mother ships.†The larger host ships are intended to operate in a command and control capacity while bringing sensors, long-range fires and 5th-generation air support to the fight.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-ultimate-weapon-mother-ship-strikes-42177
