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A large fleet of corvettes, submarines, and UVs would prove more survivable, better suited to the mission at hand, and more cost-effective for an increasingly cash-strapped navy.

Observers see a pattern in recent exercises suggesting Beijing is testing its ability to restrict other countries’ access to the island.

C2 will be particularly important in scenarios where US forces are met with anti-access/area denial countermeasures potentially more suitable for autonomous aerial and ground systems.

Not all A2AD systems are as technically mature and operationally effective as they are made out to be.

Message: keeping Taiwan free is a bargain!

The more boats take to the sea and the faster they get there, the better.

A new “missile gap” is emerging, one that is based in fact. This is the disparity between the United States and its main competitors, Russia and China, in the field of hypersonic weapons systems.

"If you can place a couple of guys near the enemy without him even knowing they are there, then you have an advantage," a former SEAL told Insider.

The report maintains that Chinese dominance over the SCS would be a major boon for the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) growing umbrella of anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities.

So convinced are the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps that long-range missiles will dominate future conflict that they are prepared to cede the Western Pacific to China at the start of a conflict.