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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Expert: Surface fleet needs to go on offense

RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow MissileWhy send an SM-6 missile to do a RIM-162 Sea Sparrow's job?

That's the principle behind a radical new strategy proposed by an influential D.C. think tank. If implemented, it would change the way the surface fleet fights by extending the ships' kill zone with longer-range missiles and new technologies..

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments report calls for surface combatants to use long-range missiles to shoot down aircraft and bombers before they are close enough to fire at the surface group, while concentrating air defenses on the zone within 30 miles of the ship or carrier strike group.

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