1、 Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 1667 K Street NW,Suite 900,Washington DC 20006 Thinking Smarter About Defense www.CSBAonline.org|202-331-7990|Fax 202-331-8019 April 15,2015 STATEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES ON THE ROLE OF SURFACE
2、 FORCES IN PRESENCE,DETERRENCE,AND WARFIGHTING By Bryan Clark Senior Fellow Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Chairman Forbes and Ranking Member Courtney,thank you for inviting me to appear before you today to present my thoughts on the role of U.S.Navy surface forces in presence,deterr
3、ence,and warfighting.This discussion is timely,as todays U.S.Navy surface fleet is at a crossroads.At the beginning of this century,the Navy planned a new approach to surface warfare supported by a family of new ships:the CG(X)missile defense cruiser,DD(X)land attack destroyer,and sea control-focuse
4、d Littoral Combat Ship(LCS).1 This new family of ships was intended to enable“network-centric warfare,”wherein each ship would specialize in a small set of missions and aggregate their capabilities through a dense communications network.This would enable each ship to devote more effort to a smaller
