![]() What made the anti-ship missile a revolution in naval warfare was its ability to deliver a powerful pulse of firepower comparable to that of an attacking wave of carrier aircraft through a combination of high speed, large warhead size, and salvo fires. Navy’s gravest errors in handicapping its own development was neglecting the development of long-range offensive firepower in the age of missile warfare. “…no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” –Horatio Nelson Many of these most crucial weapons are already in the hands of great power competitors such as Russia and China who have had decades of opportunity to train and refine tactics with them. This is not due to innovation, but instead many of these noteworthy and foundational capabilities are finally arriving decades after the technologies were first proven, many close to half a century ago. ![]() Currently some of the Navy’s most important weapons development programs are not just evolutionary, but revolutionary in the possibilities they open up. ![]() The Navy’s tactical ignorance is built into its arsenal. ![]()
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