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Rebroadcast: The Navy and Strategic Competition with China

2024/12/25
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@David Finkelstein : 我认为美国海军需要适应新的角色,不仅要准备高强度冲突,还要在冲突门槛以下维护美国的和平时期利益。这需要海军在和平时期竞争中变得同样擅长,而不仅仅是擅长战争。未来海军舰队需要与现有舰队有所不同,才能满足冲突门槛以上和以下的需求。我们需要与工业界和盟友建立伙伴关系,才能在与中国的长期战略竞争中取得成功。美国需要加强其商业海运能力,以应对与中国的竞争,同时也要与工业界合作,保护其技术优势,防止知识产权丢失。美国海军需要参与“叙事之战”,以对抗中国的信息战,并提高其人员与盟友合作的能力。与中国的竞争是一个系统性的竞争,涉及制度、流程、价值观和治理理念等多个方面,而这份报告关注的是这场更大战略竞争中的海洋维度。为了加强与中国的战略竞争,海军需要做出增量式的小改变或根本性的转变,这可能需要大量的国家投资或艰难的选择,例如重新评估航空母舰部队的规模、构成和能力。 @Gordon Jaquith : 未来舰队不能仅仅复制现有舰队,而需要更大、更分散、更致命,并且能够在全球范围内作战。美国海军不太可能在西太平洋超越中国海军,因此每艘舰艇都应具备尽可能大的探测、打击和影响海洋环境的能力。我们需要提升水面舰艇的射程、杀伤力和生存能力,使其能够在更广阔的范围内发挥作用。需要将传统有人驾驶资产的任务转移到无人驾驶资产上,以降低成本和提升作战能力,并关注海军水下力量的持续优势,并解决潜艇工业基础方面的问题。需要立即采取行动,实现战略转变,并加快对低成本、高科技能力的决策流程。 @Ann Parcell : 海军需要更多地招募和留住合格的士兵,以操作和维护新的平台和系统。海军近年来在招募方面面临挑战,需要增加招募资源并保持其稳定性。海军需要改进人员保留策略,包括提供现金奖励和非货币激励措施。海军需要评估现有的军事教育机构和项目,并开发学习模块以提高对中国的了解。

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The Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy asked CNA for recommendations on how the Navy can better position itself for such competition, that is, below the threshold of armed conflict.

In this episode, three experts from across CNA join the show to discuss their specific recommendations and what the future fleet needs to look like to implement them. 

Guest Biographies

David M. Finkelstein is vice president and director of CNA's China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. A retired U.S. Army officer, he held significant China-related positions at the Pentagon as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Gordon Jaquith is the vice president and director of CNA’s Systems, Tactics and Force Development Division. He formerly served as director of the Strategic, Defensive, and Science/Technology Division at the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Ann Parcell is the Director of CNA’s Navy Human Resources Program.

Further Reading

CNA: The Department of the Navy and Strategic Competition with the People’s Republic of China