The Rule of the Thirds and what the US Navy needs. @FRoseDC
May 22, 2021, 01:08 AM
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Photo: Print shows a starboard view of an American battleship with the parts numbered and lettered; also shows a rowboat and a small sailboat in the foreground.
"The great aims of a fleet in war must be to keep the coast of its own country free from attack, to secure the freedom of its trade, and to destroy the enemy’s fleet or confine it to port."
Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer and historian. . . . he argued that in the coming wars, control of the sea would grant the power to control the trade and resources needed to wage war. Mahan's premise was that in the contests between France and Britain in the 18th century, domination of the sea through naval power was the deciding factor in the outcome, and therefore, that control of seaborne commerce was secondary to domination in war. In Mahan’s view, a country obtained "command of the sea" by concentrating its naval forces at the decisive point to destroy or master the enemy’s battle fleet; blockade of enemy ports and disruption of the enemy's maritime communications would follow. Mahan believed that the true objective in a naval war was always the enemy fleet."
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor
CBS Audio Network
@Batchelorshow
The Rule of the Thirds and what the US Navy needs. @FRoseDC
https://govmatters.tv/dividing-budget-equally-between-military-services-does-not-make-strategic-sense-says-defense-budget-analyst/
"The great aims of a fleet in war must be to keep the coast of its own country free from attack, to secure the freedom of its trade, and to destroy the enemy’s fleet or confine it to port."
Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer and historian. . . . he argued that in the coming wars, control of the sea would grant the power to control the trade and resources needed to wage war. Mahan's premise was that in the contests between France and Britain in the 18th century, domination of the sea through naval power was the deciding factor in the outcome, and therefore, that control of seaborne commerce was secondary to domination in war. In Mahan’s view, a country obtained "command of the sea" by concentrating its naval forces at the decisive point to destroy or master the enemy’s battle fleet; blockade of enemy ports and disruption of the enemy's maritime communications would follow. Mahan believed that the true objective in a naval war was always the enemy fleet."
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor
CBS Audio Network
@Batchelorshow
The Rule of the Thirds and what the US Navy needs. @FRoseDC
https://govmatters.tv/dividing-budget-equally-between-military-services-does-not-make-strategic-sense-says-defense-budget-analyst/