A fatal miniature air sectional system starts ammunition of an unmanned surface vehicle from Martac T-38 Devil Ray, which is connected to the Task Force of the US Naval Forces Central Command 59 on October 23, 2023.Photo: Chief mass communication specialist Justin Stumberg/Us Navy
The armed UPS efforts of the Navy seem to have culminated in Project 33, a new initiative that was presented as part of the boss of the naval operations Admiral Lisa Franchettis 2024 Navigation plan In September 2024, potential future war concentrated with China.
“This navigation plan leads to two strategic goals: readiness to the possibility of a war with the People’s Republic of China until 2027 and the improvement of the long -term advantage of the Navy”, as franchetti wrote at the time. “We will use these goals through two mutual reinforcement options: implement project 33 and expand the contribution of the Marine to the joint knowledge of the war. By 2027 we will integrate proven robotic and autonomous systems for routine use by the commanders who use them. ”
The Ministry of Defense seems confident that the navy’s robot thrust will help prepare the US military for the possibility of a war with China, but some experienced military and defense observers have concerns. Van River Points on Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030, a restructuring of the service in front of a fictional island conflict against China in the Pacific, as evidence that the Pentagon has not yet learned the right lessons from the Millennium Challenge in 2002.
The Marine Corps “was known for the fact that it was an air -related combined gun feeling that was used worldwide,” explains van Riper with WIRED. “Now it has sold or reduced it from every element of combined arms, gave off its armor, broken vehicles, cut out the mine clearing and attack bridging skills, infantry and aviation, buy all rockets and defend the defense in defense. The Marine Corps has eliminated the existing skills in favor of unproven or not delivered skills. “
In fact, the tendency of the US military to fix yourself on the next generation technologies such as drone boats as a uniform combination solution.
“You shouldn’t take in isolation with what Ukraine does isolated,” says van Riper. “We presented the Navy fleet (in the Millennium Challenge 2002) with several challenges, which is really combined weapons. What they do is to present a dilemma to the enemy: If he tries to protect himself from threat A, he is susceptible to threats B and with threats C, D and E, he cannot handle it. In Ukraine, boats plus rockets and aircraft are more difficult to react for the Russians. “
“I am not sure whether the US military can be learned from these things today,” he adds. “I am depressed by the tour of all levels, especially in the marine services.”
