New US Navy amphibious assault strategy: 'Mother ships' launch small boat attacks
By , Kris Osborn
Published January 22, 2019
Warrior Maven
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 amphibious “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.
“We envision fleets of smaller, multi-mission vessels, operating with surface warfare leadership. People talk about a 355-ship Navy, how about a 35,000-ship Navy?†Maj. Gen. David Coffman, Director of Naval Expeditionary Warfare, told an audience at SNA.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/new-us-navy-amphibious-assault-strategy-mother-ships-launch-small-boat-attacks
