On August 12, Forward Defense Assistant Director Abigail Rudolph and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Joshua VerGow were published in RealClearDefense, discussing the US Navy’s decision to reclassify 19 Virginia-class submarines. In this article, Rudolph and Vergow argue that the reclassification of these submarines exemplifies the Navy’s broader embrace of Distributed Maritime Operations and suggests that meaningful military innovation can arise from reconfiguring existing platforms for new missions.
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