Beyond the Attack Submarine: Building Persistent Awareness on the Seabed
The undersea domain has long been dominated by nuclear-powered attack submarines, the most capable platforms for both hunting and hiding beneath the surface. Yet the strategic importance… 
The undersea domain has long been dominated by nuclear-powered attack submarines, the most capable platforms for both hunting and hiding beneath the surface. Yet the strategic importance of the seabed itself has grown dramatically. Submarine telecommunications cables carry the overwhelming majority of global data traffic, energy interconnectors and pipelines sustain national economies, and fixed sensor arrays form the backbone of maritime surveillance. Incidents of suspicious activity near these assets, combined with the proliferation of sophisticated unmanned underwater vehicles, have forced navies and alliances to expand their focus from platform-centric anti-submarine warfare to a broader concept…
