November 17, 2019
Has the U.S. Navy Created Its Ultimate Weapon?
The future of amphibious assaults lies with drones and unmanned vehicles guided by the "Mother Ship."
by Kris Osborn
Key Point: The Navy's new technology based strategy will save many servicemen's lives.
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/has-us-navy-created-its-ultimate-weapon-96586