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📝 ⚓️ Naval Power Projection as We Know Is probably Dead | Patricia Marins

The concept of naval power projection has existed for thousands of years and is studied in every naval academy on the planet.

Just as land doctrines are being completely reshaped by the emergence of drones, the same transformation is occurring at sea.

The revolution in land doctrines has been driven by the war in Ukraine and its advances in drone warfare, while the concept of naval power projection is being redesigned by Chinese technological breakthroughs.

Sea control, a cornerstone of naval power projectionis fundamentally changing with the advent of UUVs, USVs, aerial drones, and long-range hypersonic missiles.

Here are some key points:

- Denying the enemy the use of the sea

You no longer need to deploy large naval forces to blockade ports. A hundred UUVs in the area, combined with a fleet positioned 4,000 km away supported by high-altitude drones ready to acquire targets, is enough to prevent any ship from leaving port.

- Projecting force onto land (e.g., amphibious operations, carrier-based air strikes)

This is perhaps the only aspect that has changed relatively little. Troop landings will still need to occur largely as they have for thousands of years, but aircraft carriers now face threats unlike any seen before due to technological advances. They will no longer operate with the freedom they enjoyed 20 years ago.

- Deterring threats

Under current technologies, deploying large surface ships would be more likely to invite threats than deter them. Such a force would be vulnerable to ambush when approaching areas equipped with anti-ship batteries with ranges of 3,000–5,000 km, not to mention the risk of attacks by hundreds of UUVs. What we saw in Yemenseveral vessels withdrawing from the strait after days of attacks is nothing compared to a coordinated naval ambush against a major power.

- Protecting or blocking sea routes

Again, blocking ocean routes can now be achieved with UUVs and high-altitude drones. Submarines remain an option, but there is no longer a need to deploy large forces. Drones do the job for 5% of the cost.

Today, the traditional concept of a navy capable of power projection is giving way to one of omnipresence: hundreds of UUVs, constant monitoring by high-altitude drones, and operations conducted within the envelope of long-range missiles. Ships can be target from other continent. We never had this technological situation before.

The old idea of global projection, maintaining presence in multiple oceans with advanced logistics (at-sea replenishment, alliances, and distant bases), will increasingly be seen as a massive waste of money and a collection of high-priority targets that would be struck first by missiles.

China’s leading surveillance and target-acquisition drones can currently stay aloft for 10–48 hours. With solid-state batteries, that endurance could reach 2–6 days. Stealth, Operating in large numbers and at high altitude, aided by AI, they can provide global-level monitoring of military vessel movements. Missiles like the DF-26, with a range of 3,000–5,000 km, will receive mid-course guidance from these platforms.
THIS IS THE NEW CONCEPT OF POWER PROJECTION OVER ANY OCEAN.

It doesn’t stop there: the DF-27 hypersonic glide vehicle can reach up to 8,000 km and operate in the same way.

When combined with swarms of high-speed UUVs and aerial drones, this will turn naval warfare into something never seen before. And again, the new solid batteries are key in this revolution. Of before an UUV had speed of 5-6 knots, with solid batteries they can cruise at 10-14 and split at 25 depending of the size.

I’m using the Chinese as reference but soon every navy will operate at the same way.

Naval power projection as we know is probably dead.

📎 Patricia Marins

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