NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The most recent encounter with enemy minefields was during Desert Storm. The proposed amphibious assault at Ash Shuaybah, Kuwait, during Operation Desert Storm in February 1991 called for the landing ...

Concerns are growing as the People’s Republic of China steams ahead on its remarkably quick naval power buildup. By 2030—in just four years—China will have 130 more battle force ships than the United ...

A U.S. submarine recently sank an Iranian warship in one of the world’s busiest maritime corridors. Many overlooked the incident’s significance. Others misunderstood what had occurred. The IRIS Dena ...

Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy ...

Historically, undersea warfare depended on a handful of very expensive, very hard to replace submarines. But in the future, large networks of autonomous sensors will spread throughout contested ...