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How the Marines Could Win the Next War: Barges Armed With Railguns, Missiles and F-35s

Eugene K. Chow [2]

Storming a beach under a hail of gunfire has never been easy for the Marine Corps. But with rapid advances in technology, they now have to contend with precision missiles and other fearsome air and coastal defenses that make an already dangerous mission even riskier.

“I don’t think the next fight is going to be a stability op/counterinsurgency: It’s going to be a violent, violent fight,” said [3] Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller of future conflicts.


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