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2 Trends and Emphasis
Pages 8-11

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From page 8...
... power from the sea to influence events ashore in the littoral regions of the world across the operational spectrum of peace, crisis and war."3 Put in another way, "Our attention and efforts will continue to be focused on operating in and from the littorals."4 This shift in emphasis, in doctrine, in operating environment, and in focus places new demands on the performance and signatures of naval weapons and platforms. "Our ability to command the seas in areas where we anticipate future operations allows us to resize our naval forces and to concentrate more on capabilities required in the complex operating environment of the 'littoral' [italics added]
From page 9...
... Throughout most of the twentieth century, the development of complex systems, including warships, was based on a limited amount of relatively simple analysis and a large amount of prototype testing. Over the past decade there has been a significant shift to much more analysis, computation, and physics-based simulation of different system alternatives prior to fabrication and physical testing.
From page 10...
... SOURCE: Compilation of data courtesy of the Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., December 1999.
From page 11...
... Historically, technology development and technical solutions to fleet problems have been helped along with contributions from SCN funding. Not only is the lower SCN level a problem, but also as new ship classes become less frequent, an unstable profile results.


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