1、 1667 K Street,NW,Suite 900,Washington,DC 20006 Tel.202-331-7990 www.CSBAonline.org Fax.202-331-8019 STATEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON“GAME CHANGERS UNDERSEA WARFARE”October 27,2015 Statement by Bryan Clark Senior Fellow,Center for Strategic and
2、 Budgetary Assessments Today the U.S.Navy is dominant in undersea warfare.Its quiet submarines can operate with near-impunity throughout the worlds oceans and most littoral waters.Its long-range surveillance systems are able to monitor many of the strategically or economically important maritime cro
3、ssroads.And its anti-submarine warfare capabilities surpass those of competing militaries in lethality and capacity.As a result,todays U.S.defense strategy depends in large part on Americas undersea advantage.Multiple Quadrennial Defense Reviews,National Military Strategies,and Congressional hearing
4、 statements highlight how quiet submarines,in particular,are one of the American militarys most viable means of gathering intelligence and projecting power in the face of mounting anti-access and area denial(A2/AD)threats being fielded by a growing number of countries.But Americas undersea dominance
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