Surface Warfare and CWC Concept

 

I.         Mission Definition – To deny the enemy effective use of surface warships and cargo-carrying capability while ensuring allied ability to effectively employ surface warships and cargo carrying vessels.

 

II.        History

a.        US Navy Commitments: assurance & deterrence though command of the seas

b.        Earth: 75% covered by water à Navy is ideal diplomatic tool

 

III.      Mission Capabilities

a.        600 (Cold War) to 301 (present)

b.        Weapons capability have inc exponentially

1.        Allows Navy to widely distribute striking power

c.        Surface Warfare Roles:

1.        Land Attack

·          Precision targeting from sea

·          Enables freedom of maneuver and action by joint forces

·          Allows successful prosecution of land battle

2.        Theatre Air Dominance

·          Freedom of action for joint forces in littoral area by repressing enemy air power

3.        Maritime Dominance

·          Dominates seaward ext of littoral

·          Allows forces to move unimpeded b/w areas

4.        Joint Cmd, Ctrl, Comm, Comps, Info, Surveillance, and Recon (C4ISR)

·          Provides situation analyses

·          Allows for coordination of joint elements

·          Sensor-to-shooter connectivity

d.        CWC Concept

1.        Decentralized Cmd

·          Facilitates quick decisions and flexibility

·          Power given to WC, Func C, Coordinators

·          Subordinates maintain tactical control

a.        Warfare C only, not supporting coordinators

·          CWC retains overall responsibility

2.        Command by Negation

·          CWC can override subordinates at any time

·          Purpose: free CWCF from micro-managing (inefficient)

3.        CWC

·          Central Command Authority (rear admiral in command of a Carrier Battle Group)

·          Stationed on CVN w/ CAG (CDR Air Group)

4.        OTC (Officer in Tactical Control)

·          Responsible for mission accomplishment

·          Is the CWC until amphibious landing; then a shore commander takes charge

5.        Warfare CDRs

·          Air (AWC) – Protect from airborne hostiles  and offensively employing air assets

·          Undersea (USWC) – Protect from sub hostiles  and offensively employing sub assets

·          Surface (SUWC) – Protect from surface hostiles  and offensively employing surface assets

·          Sea (SCC) – Combined role (AWC, SUWC, SUWC) and Maritime Intercept Ops (MIO)

·          Strike (STWC) – Power project strikes on foreign shores; secondary AWC

·          Command and Control (C2WC) – Conducts info ops

 

IV.      Tactical Terms – 4 phases; CDR must be prepared for counter-attack

a.        Surface, Surveillance, Comm, and ID Phase (SSC&I)

1.        Locate, ID, target hostiles using:

·          RADAR / SONAR (Radio Detection and Ranging / Sound Nav & Ranging)

·          Satellite

·          Visual ID

·          Info from other platforms (ie helos)

2.        Approach (4 Steps)

·          1) Organize Surface Action Group (SAG) to meet threat

·          2) Detach SAG

·          3) Review target info & pass to fire control station (FCS)

·          4) Maintain emissions control (EMCON)

3.        Attack – destruction req. multiple simultaneous weapon arrivals … key considerations:

·          a) Determine Simultaneous Time-on-Top (STOT) or Designated TOT (DTOT)

·          b) Missile Inventory

·          c) # of missiles needed; designate shooters

·          d) Uncertainty of info

·          e) Probability of success

4.        Post attack

·          Battle Damage Assessment (BDA)

a.        Physical, Functional, and Target System Damage Assessment

b.        Done with Elec Support (ES), radar, sonar, visual observation

·          Options

a.        Attack Again

b.        Withdraw

c.        Detach another SAG

·          General Rule: Shoot, Shoot, Look, Shoot, Shoot …

 

V.       Basic Platform Overviews

a.        Carrier Battle Group (CVBG) … (1-2 of all ships but CVN [1 CVN])

1.        CVN – center of group; offense & defense support

2.        CG (Ticonderoga)

·          Primary: fleet air defense; AEGIS & Standard Missile

·          Secondary: ASU, ASub, Strike roles

3.        DD, DDG

·          Arleigh Burke - Same as CG

·          Spruance Class has no AEGIS, so ASU, ASub only

4.        FFG (Oliver Hazard)

·          Primary: Screening platform

·          Strength: Asub

·          Secondary: AA, ASU

5.        SSN (Attack Subs)

·          Asub screening, over-the-horizon targeting

6.        Support Vessel (AOE, etc)

·          No combat ops

·          Carry food, fuel, ammo; underway replenishment

 

VI.      Weapons (Rocket Intercept Missile = RIM … Axxx = Anti-xxx [Asub = Antisub, etc])

a.        RGM-84D Harpoon à Basic anti-ship missile; active radar seeker; sea-skimmer (under radar)

b.        RUM-139B Vertical Launch ASROC (Asub Rocket) à Mk-46 torpedo launched by rocket from Mk-41 VLS; drops torpedo on top of sub

c.        MK-16 20mm Phalanx CIWS à 6 x 20mm barrels; 4500rpm; targets incoming missiles, aircraft (and small boats on Frigs); 100 round burst

d.        RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) à modified AIM-7; targets incoming Aship missiles (ASCM); fired by 21-cell lightweight launcher

e.        RIM-7 Sea Sparrow à radar guided SAM; engage incoming missiles, aircraft; fired from Mk-29 8-cell launcher

f.          SM-2 Standard Missile à primary SAM; Med/Ext Range; Mult. versions (blocks); Fired by: Mk41, Mk-26 Dual Rail L (RL), Mk-13 Single RL

g.        MK-45 à Light Weight Gun Mount (LWGM); primary ASU gun / Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS); versatile, accurate; Aair; 16-20rpm; 13mi

h.        72mm 62 caliber MK-75 OTO-Melara Gun à On Frigs; engage air/su … 80rpm, 10mi

 

VII.    Platform Capabilities and Equipment

a.        Sonar Equipment

1.        Active – bow-mounted; sphere sonar; active pings; gets waves back

2.        Passive – underwater sound hits sonar à elec sig à screen

3.        Tactical Towed Array System (TACTAS) – 1mi behind ship; prevents ship from drowning it out; below thermal layer

b.        Radar Equipment

1.        Air Search Radar – rotating 3D radar; finds and tracks aircraft, missiles (finds bearing, range, speed, altitude)

2.        Surface Search – rotating 2D radar; tracks SU, low-flyers; no altitude determination

3.        AEGIS – Adv. Radar sys; air & surface; tracks w/directed beams from 4 fixed panels … DDG, CG

4.        Target Illumination – smaller radar transmitters illum target with narrow beam to guide missiles

 

VIII.   Etiquette: Colors Ceremony

a.        0800 colors; retreat at sunset

b.        face ensign or music and salute on 1st whistle or note; lower after three whistles or last note

c.        inside stand at attn, face music if no flag … driving à stop … not in uniform à stand at attn, right hand over heart

d.        no flag for deco … salute flag 6 paces away til 6 paces past … march on right w/flag @ slight angle from body, or rest on r shldr

e.        outside: car – right fender .. building – staff w/stars away from building … over  street – stars to E on NS, N on EW … above and to right others flags

f.          in window – vertically, stars left … half-mast – mourning; raise to top then lower to half; back to top then lower all the way at retreat … upside down – distress

g.        indoors: multiple staffs – center and highest; crossed staff then higher and right … behind speaker – on right … in hall – vertically with stars left of onlookers

h.        casket – draped across with canton at head, stars left shldr à do not lower into ground