New maritime strategy aimed at China, Russia lays out future major acquisition time lines

By Justin Katz / December 18, 2018 at 10:05 AM
The Navy's new maritime strategy, seeking to align with the National Defense Strategy, details how the service can prepare for "great power competition" with the Russian and Chinese navies and lays out time lines for future major acquisitions to support the strategy. "The Navy is a key enabler of the joint force's ability to prevent China and Russia from controlling the Eurasian rimland and its adjacent seas," the document states. " A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority " is the...

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