Compass Points – Formidable Fleet
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November 15, 2024
Marine Corps Compass Points
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Can the fleet defend itself or not?
Force Design says 'not.'
The proponents of the Marine Corps' controversial Force Design program have long argued that because US Navy ships could no longer defend themselves against missiles, that the Navy and the Marine Corps needed to abandon offensive operations and the Marine Corps needed to change its focus to small Marine defensive units on Pacific islands.
Senior Pentagon Reporter, Jeff Schogol, may not know it, but he has written a powerful article about the Marine Corps' Force Design program. Writing in Task and Purpose, Schogol explains that US Navy ships in the Red Sea came under recent attack.
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Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a fusillade of drones and missiles against two U.S. Navy destroyers as they transited the Bab el-Mendeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman.
“During the transit, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale and USS Spruance were attacked by at least eight one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems, five anti-ship ballistic missiles, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, which were successfully engaged and defeated,” Ryder said during a Pentagon news briefing on Monday. “The vessels were not damaged. No personnel were hurt.”
-- Jeff Schogol, Task and Purpose
https://marinecorpscompasspoints.substack.com/p/compass-points-formidable-fleet
