Beware: This Technology Can Turn Almost Any Ship Into a Missile-Firing Warship

July 13, 2020 Topic: Security Region: World Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: NavyNaval WarfareMissilesDistributed LethalityMilitary

Beware: This Technology Can Turn Almost Any Ship Into a Missile-Firing Warship

Teeth are gnashing in Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran.

Who are we to argue with General Sherman?

James Holmes is J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and coauthor of Red Star over to the Pacific, named to the U.S. Navy’s Professional Reading List. The views voiced here are his alone. This article first appeared in 2019 and is reprinted here due to reader interest.

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