Accession Number:

ADA429002

Title:

Defense Science Board Task Force on SEA BASING

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Howard, William
• Pilling, Donald

Report Date:

2003-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

187.0

Abstract:

Sea basing is a critical capability for the United States in a world where flexible, quick-response military action will be required in areas far from fixed bases available or suitable for American military use. The sea base replaces or augments the fixed, in-theater airports and seaports, on which past military operations have focused and depended, with a maneuverable facility at sea - a mobile base of operations, command center, logistics node and transportation hub. A commander can place a sea base where and when he chooses to exploit enemy weaknesses and employ the element of surprise, confusing enemy defensive preparations. A sea base can be a center for reconstitution and redeployment of forces in succeeding stages of complex operations.

Descriptors:

• *COMBAT READINESS
• *AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
• *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *SEA BASED
• *PREPOSITIONING(LOGISTICS)
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• QUICK REACTION
• DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• CONTROL CENTERS
• CRUISE MISSILES
• MAPPING(TRANSFORMATIONS)
• PORTS(FACILITIES)

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE