Sea Shield : Assured Access in the Littoral

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Sea Shield Assured Accessin theLittoral
UNCLASSIFIED
Spirit of 76

• 23 October 2003

CAPT Ray Spicer, N76E Deputy for Surface Ships
UNCLASSIFIED
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Recent Maritime Operations Highlight the Need for
Assured Access in the Littoral We Must Operate
Here, and Counter Asymmetric Access-Denial Threat
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Sea Shield Mission

• Assure access and sustainability throughout the
  battle space
• Project robust defense
• Provide a sea-based layer for Homeland Defense

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Sea ShieldPillars
Sea Shield
Theater Air and Missile Defense
Under Sea Warfare
Surface Warfare
Force Protection
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Surface Warfare Issues

• Over the Horizon surface threats
• Small Boat Threats
• Wide Area MIO
• Protection of MIW / EXW / CLF/ MPF-F Forces

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Threat vs. Current Capability
BB Round (10nm)
Armed Helo
MK 45 GUN (6.5nm)
Hellfire(4nm)
.50 Cal (1nm)
Small Arms (gt1000 yds)
MK 38 (1500 yds)
CIWS IB (2nm)
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RPG/Small Arms (gt1000yds)
The Threat
ASCM (10nm)
Wake Homing Torpedo (7nm)
Layered Defense is key
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Future SUW Warfighting

• Dispersed force of smaller networked platforms
  with distributed, unmanned sensors
• Directed-energy weapons, to provide protection
  both at sea and pierside.
• 5 Inch Force Protection Projectile to increase
  range and lethality
• CIWS 1B to provide inner layer defense against
  small boats
• Stabilized 25mm Gun to provide more accuracy and
  range

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Under Sea Warfare Issues

• Mine identification and neutralization
• Neutralize submarine threats to operations in the
  littorals
• Provide self-defense against sub-surface threat
  weapons
• Hold at Risk submarine threat throughout the
  theater

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TF ASW Tasking

• CNO directed N6/N7 to conduct a focused ASW study
  to examine technology opportunities.
• Task Force ASW will provide options to the CNO
  for research and development, science and
  technology, CONOPS and training.

- Team A ST and RD opportunities and
capabilities - Team B CONOPS and Training
Goal Technologies and CONOPS to
fundamentally change ASW
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Future ASW Warfighting

• Anti-Submarine Warfare Supremacy Render an
  opposing submarine force incapable of interfering
  with mission accomplishment
• detect submarines anywhere,
• engage submarines rapidly, and
• neutralize submarine weapons.

• Hold at Risk
• Achieve mission denial against adversary
  submarines and destroy enemy submarines at times
  and places of our choosing
• Protected Passage
• Assure access with safe transits in the face of
  submarine threats
• Maritime Shield
• Establish and protect Sea Bases from submarine
  penetration and defeat submarine attacks

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Takeaways

• Sea Shield
• Concept is core to Joint Warfighting
• Most critical and most challenged in the littoral
  environment
• ASW, MIW, SUW
• ASW
• Move from mass force to mass effects
• SUW
• Early detection and a layered defense is key
• Stabilized 25mm fills capability gap until CIWS
  1B is fully fielded

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Backups
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Littoral Warfare Issues

• Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
• Neutralize submarine threats to operations in the
  littorals
• Provide self-defense against sub-surface threat
  weapons
• Hold at Risk submarine threat throughout the
  theater
• Surface Warfare (SUW)
• Over the Horizon (OTH) surface threats
• Swarming Small Boat Threats
• Wide Area MIO
• Protection of MIW / EXW / CLF/ MPF-F Forces
  Against Surface Threats
• Mine Warfare (MIW)
• Counter Mines From Deep to Shallow Water
• Counter Minefields, Obstacles and Barriers from
  VSW to the Beach Exit Zone

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TF ASW Team A Concepts Background / Context
Today - Mass Forces
Tomorrow Mass Effects

• Team B Current CONOPS Thoughts
• We cant do effects based ASW- must mass force
  and carve out an area for Battle Force
• Time-constrained large area search problem
• CPF 130 false contacts per day
• Consistent with Falklands Conflict
• Very sensor, weapon and numbers of platforms
  limited

• Team A Technology panel tasking - identify
  technology innovations so that we can mass
  effects not forces
• provide quantum improvements in ASW
  capabilities
• seek solutions
• without reliance on force on force
• maximum compression of the ASW OODA loop
• highly responsive detect to engage sequence

Mid-Term Concepts
Far -Term Concepts (including systems needing
further definition)
Distributed Fields, Tactical UAV, Rapid Attack
Weapon Decoys / Countermeasures
Large-N, Large Area Non-acoustic Search, Long
Range Stand-off Weapon, Tagging
Integrated Technology Concept
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Sea Shield Capabilities
Sea Shield
Theater Air and Missile Defense
Surface Warfare
Force Protection
Under Sea Warfare
CDR Kadowaki
CDR Sullivan
CDR Brennan MR Smith
LCDR Cegielski
Provide Self-Defense Against Subsurface Threats
Provide Self-Defense Against Air and Missile
Threats
Protect Against SOF and Terrorist Threats
Provide Self-Defense Against Surface Threats
Mitigate Effects of CBRNE
Neutralize Submarine Threats in the Littorals
Provide Maritime Air and Missile Defense
Conduct Offensive Operations against Surface
Threats
Neutralize Open Ocean Submarine Threats
Provide Overland Air and Missile Defense
Counter Minefields from Deep to Shallow Water
Conduct Sea-Based Missile Defense
Breach Minefields, Obstacles, and Barriers from
Very Shallow Water to the Beach Exit Zone
Conduct Mining Operations
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Sea Shield POM-06 Gaps
Protect the Naval Force

• Platform Defense Against Undersea Threats
• Platform Force Protection
• Sea Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Assure Access in Contested Littorals

• MIW Capacity to Clear Large Areas
• ASW Cueing and Search
• 3. (Excess) Maritime Air Defense Capability

Project Defensive Power Over Land

• MIW Assault Breaching Capability

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Force Protection Projectiles

• Requirements 800 8,000 yards
• Near-term enhanced SuW capability
• High level interest in the program
• Short turnaround
• At sea test Jul 03 Oct SWARMEX
• One-time procurement of 6000 rounds
• Status Completing Mk-160 Mk-86 integration

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Force Protection Projectiles

• 5/54 BB-round
• At-sea Testing 30 July (CG-57)
• Effective Range 500-8,000 yds
• Procured 6000 BB-rounds (IOC Spring 04)

Twice the Lethal Area (for topside personnel) of
current HE round.
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Phalanx Block 1B
Highly effective vs Small Boat Swarm Threat

• Key Capabilities
• 4-5 ASM Engagements without reload
• 8-10 Surface Engagements without reload
• Integrated Radar Infra-red Sensors
• Increased Kill Range against
  advanced maneuvering ASM threats.
• Autonomous or Integrated with CDS
• Provides critical Low Elevation detection and
  tracking data to the ships CDS

RF SEARCH
EO TRACK
RF TRACK

• Target Mix
• Anti-ship Missiles
• All Altitudes
• Subsonic / High Supersonic
• High-G Maneuvering
• Fixed-wing Aircraft
• Helicopters
• Surface Threats including small craft and mines.

17 Mounts in Fleet, All Ships by 2011
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25mm Stabilized vs Unstabilized
PH
6 mounts to Fleet by Summer 2005 ramp up to 46
ships by 2007
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Small Arms

• Purchased GOTS to close the Gap
• MK38 Chain Gun (Unstabilized 25mm)
• POR now supports 2 guns per deployer
• Mk44 GAU-17 Gatling Gun (3000 rds/min)
• Delivered 90 guns
• Training Commands FCTC Dam Neck FTC San Diego
• Mk 95 Twin .50 cal Machine Gun Mounts (1100
  rds/min)
• Delivered 255 mounts - 135 more on contract
• Arriving 50/month to deployers
• Mk 99 Twin M240 Machine Gun (1500 rds/min)
• Increased reliability over M-60 - Delivered 10
  for Fleet demo
• Positive feedback - possible low-cost alternative
  to GAU-17

All deployers now have 2 MK38 Chain Guns and
either 2- GAU-17 or 2-Twin .50 cal machine guns