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The Caspian Challenge: A Fleet in Being for Kazakhstan’s Sea Lines of Communication
Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country, relying heavily on a resource-exporting economy, with the main route to ...
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Readiness for Pacific War Week Concludes on CIMSEC
This past week CIMSEC featured writing submitted in response to our Call for Articles on readiness for Pacific war in 2027.
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Deterrence 2027: Keeping the Threat at Bay
Nitze’s time horizon was a bit longer than ours today and the nuclear threat he foresaw was more extreme than the circumstances generally associated with a People’s Liberation Army assault on Taiwan.
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Sea Control 555 – Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the Fleet with Zachary Schwartz
Brian Kerg, one of Sea Control’s new co-hosts, makes his debut. Here he interviews Major Zachary Schwartz of the U.S. Marine Corps about his new article, “Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the ...
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To Prepare for Pacific War by 2027, the United States Must Harden its Southern Flank
In the event of a Pacific War, these capabilities and more would likely be leveraged by China to collect intelligence on and ...
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The Four-Block Littoral Force Revisited: Force Design and Marine Littoral Regiment Boarding Teams
The Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) could be the contact and blunt force that is tasked with the mission of holding key ...
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The Maritime Convoys of 2027: Supporting Taiwan in Contested Seas
The 2027 scenario rests on the notion that President Xi Jinping has directed the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be ready to conquer Taiwan by force no later than 2027. Defeating an invading force ...
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Considering Global War: A Strategy for Countering Revisionist Powers
Zoom out and look beyond the operational outlooks to consider strategy. Any future conflict with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) begun over an invasion of Taiwan is destined to end up being about ...