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The Committee for Naval Forces' Capability for Theater Missile Defense first convened in April 2000 and met approximately 2 days a month for 8 months. This report is based on the information presented to the committee during that period and on the committee members' accumulated experience and expertise in military operations, systems, and technologies.
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Both theater ballistic missile defense (TBMD) and cruise missile defense (CMD; including antiship cruise missile defense (ASCMD)
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. ES.2 PRIORITIZATION OF CRUISE AND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS Antiship cruise missile defense, overland cruise missile defense, and ballistic missile defense (BMD)
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ASCMD, 2. Area defense of forces and assets ashore against both overland cruise missiles and ballistic missiles (NAD system)
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Furthermore, if the Navy cannot provide OCMD in support of Marine or Army forces ashore, at least in the early stages of operations, then the full potential of naval expeditionary forces (as envisaged in Forward...From the Sea and OMFTS) will not be achieved.4 Thus, without a land attack cruise missile defense capability to supplement their ballistic missile defense capabilities, naval forces' ability to influence events ashore will be limited to attacks on stationary targets with standoff missiles and air-delivered ordnance.
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antiship cruise missile defense, (2) area defenses against both overland cruise missiles and ballistic missiles (NAD system)
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radar or the joint land 7Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare 21 is the Marine Corps overarching strategy for conducting 21st-century Marine Corps operations such as those described in "Operational Maneuver From the Sea"; "Ship to Objective Maneuver" (Van Riper, LtGen Paul K., USMC, 1997, "Ship to Objective Maneuver," Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Va., July 25, available online at |
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In the final analysis, the ASCMD problem relates to the fact that a lowaltitude cruise missile can get relatively close to a surface ship before it crosses the radar horizon of the ship's defensive sensors. If the number of incoming cruise missiles is sufficiently large, their agility and speed sufficiently high, and their radar cross section sufficiently low, the defensive system will be overwhelmed.
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. Recommendation: In an effort to examine countermeasures beyond the design threat of naval theater ballistic missile defense systems, the Department of the Navy should maintain an ongoing red-blue effort that provides continuous analysis, design, and testing of potential theater ballistic missile defense countermeasures and defense responses and works closely with corresponding Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)
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The Navy is expected to provide air support close air support along with Marine Corps air, combat air patrol, ship-based fire support, and ship-based early warning of and defense against air and ballistic missile attack. The Marine Corps is also dependent on the Navy for logistical support of many kinds.
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Recommendation: Given that Link 16 and CEC, even when evolved and improved, will not provide a full battle management command, control, and communications (BMC3) capability for either overland cruise missile defense or theater missile defense, the Department of the Navy leadership should initiate actions leading to the development of a next-generation BMC3 system.
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These ballistic missile defense system elements should be combined into experimental systems for evaluation and refinement. The mature technologies from the program should be incorporated into future spirals of the NAD and NTW ballistic missile defense systems.
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