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Long Littoral Project Bay of Bengal

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This report addresses the major security issues associated with the Bay of Bengal. In this 838,600 square mile area, security threats to numerous countries, including the United States, range from disputes over exclusive economic zones to terrorism, piracy, poaching, overfishing, and trafficking of humans, arms, and narcotics. A review of the full spectrum of threats in the Bay of Bengal reveals two dominant security challenges: nascent China-India competition and the likelihood of a natural disaster. This report explores these issues in order to assess U.S. policy options for addressing each of them. It concludes by recommending ways to manage the potential for China-India strategic rivalry and to mitigate the damage of an environmental catastrophe. This is one in a series of five reports on each of the major maritime basins found along the greater Asian littoral that runs from the Sea of Japan in the east to the Arabian Sea in the west. This “long littoral” is the subject of a CNA project of the same name under the direction of CNA Senior Fellow RADM (ret.) Michael A. McDevitt. The Long Littoral project examines the five great maritime basins of the IndoPacific—the Sea of Japan, the East China and Yellow seas, the South China Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea—in order to provide a different perspective, namely a maritime viewpoint, on security issues that the United States’ “rebalance” strategy must address as it focuses on the Indo-Pacific littoral. The project also aims to identify issues that may be common to more than one basin, but involve different players in different regions, with the idea that solutions possible in one maritime basin may be applicable in others.

, already worried about China’s “Malacca Dilemma,” recognize that the A&N Command puts India’s naval and air power in a position to control access to the Strait of Malacca and, hence, to the South ... , India has begun upgrading its tri-service Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Command, allocating greater resources to the Eastern Naval Command (located along India’s Bay of Bengal coast), and increasing

Rethinking the US Approach to Boko Haram

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U.S. Naval Forces Africa asked CNA to recommend an approach for the United States government (USG) to counter Boko Haram. The USG has been working with the government of Nigeria (GoN) to defeat the group, but the two governments are taking divergent approaches and efforts to date have not been effective. The GoN is taking a narrow counterterrorism approach that relies heavily on the military, whereas a broader whole-of-government approach is required. Due to the political dynamics in Nigeria, the USG has few ways to change the GoN’s approach to the conflict. We propose that the USG and other supporting partners focus on assisting Chad, Niger, and Cameroon to become increasingly able to prevent Boko Haram from taking root within their borders. While this would not dismantle Boko Haram in the near term, it could buy time for conditions in Nigeria to become more favorable to direct U.S. assistance.

to direct U.S. assistance. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has responsibility for advancing U.S. national interests and promoting regional security and stability in Africa. Today, violent ... taken control of sizable territories where it forces its own brand of Islamic law on local communities. In addition, Boko Haram now conducts incursions across Nigerian borders into Cameroon ... ) was tasked to develop a supporting plan to U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) Gulf of Guinea campaign plan. In this role, the command requested that CNA conduct a study and recommend a way forward for the USG

STUDY: PROTECTING MEDICAL SERVICES AND FORCE HEALTH IN A COVID ENVIRONMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF USNS COMFORT OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

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Assessed the lessons learned on how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 from the USN Comfort's mission in New York City

that the vessel is not set up to control the spread of infectious disease. And yet, only six crewmembers tested positive for COVID-19 over the course of the one-month mission, with 12 more testing positive ...  engineering and administrative controls that helped minimize hazards. Among several recommendations, we advise that U.S. Second Fleet and Military Sealift Command should integrate most of the mitigation ... exercises. BACKGROUND In mid-March of 2020, when early epidemiologic models indicated a doomsday scenario for pandemic epicenters such as New York City, Seattle, and Los Angeles, a Northern Command

Ladd and Hay Receive CNA's Deployer Award for 2021

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CNA honored Research Scientist Dr. Mallory Ladd and Research Analyst Samantha Hay with the CNA Deployer Award for lengthy tours at sea. Ladd deployed on USS Carl Vinson with Carrier Strike Group 1 from July 2021 to February 2022. Hay has been deployed on USS Harry S Truman with Carrier Strike Group 8 since November 2021.

organization to improve strike planning and signal protection and control. “Embedding with a strike group staff and seeing your recommendations implemented by the command in real time is one of the most ... operations and multinational exercises. Ladd’s assessment of the “Air Wing of the Future” and the first carrier deployment of the F-35C and CMV-22B was recognized by command leadership as something ... policing operations. Hay’s report on the operational costs and benefits of carrier operations in the Aegean was respected by the highest levels of command. Other significant analytical contributions

Space Marines Opportunities for the Marine Corps

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The Marine Corps relies increasingly on space capabilities and needs specially trained Marines. The new Maritime Space Officer specialty is an initial step.

, and command and control structures are still in flux. Michael Johnson Alison Vernon /reports/2022/12/Space-Marine-Opportunities-for-the-Marine-Corps.pdf /reports/2022/12 ... publications, USMC concepts, MARADMINs, NAVMC Orders, Marine Corps Orders, prior CNA research, Army publications, news articles, and US Space Force (USSF) and US Space Command (USSPACECOM) documentation ... and Integration (DC CD&I)—and at Marine Corps Forces, US Space Command (MARFORSPACE), the Marine service component to USSPACECOM. For the purposes of this study, we define a Space Marine as any Marine

AI and Autonomy in Russia Issue 26

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CNA provides information and analysis of the field of civilian and military AI in Russia and how Russia is applying AI to its military capabilities. Issue 26.

command and control systems, precision-guided missiles, “advanced robotics with higher autonomy, and [means] to control drones and deep-water vessels.” On the previous day of this meeting, Putin also ... principles, as well as cutting-edge reconnaissance, navigation, communications and control systems.” He argued that it was important to “enhance the utility and combat sustainability of military products

Japan’s New Fleet Information Warfare Command Creates Opportunities for the US Navy

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The Fleet Information Warfare Command launched in March upgrades Japan’s capabilities and improves potential information warfare integration with the US Navy.

to the Self-Defense Fleet. It centralizes various information-related capabilities including counter-disinformation, electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, and acoustic intelligence, as well as command, control ... structure between the FIWC and Tenth Fleet, both could benefit from regular command post exercises dedicated to bilateral command and control of naval intelligence and cyber forces. In October 2026, Japan ... Japan’s New Fleet Information Warfare Command Creates Opportunities for the US Navy The Fleet Information Warfare Command launched in March upgrades Japan’s capabilities and improves potential

Sand Wars: Maghreb, War for Northwest Africa

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SAND WARS is a strategic-operational level wargame of potential conflict between Algeria and Morocco.

military operations, but the game only addresses these indirectly—aside from a few events and player options. Furthermore, these armies have limited capabilities when it comes to command control ... of diplomatic, informational, military and economic activities that lie outside the control of players but which may affect their operations. SAND WARS is intended to show the full range of options

Wargaming Fourth-Generation Warfare

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Our research into the concepts embodied by the term Fourth Generation Warfare showed how important it is to distinguish what is new from what only seems new, and to understand the necessity of merging the two.

of merging the two. In game design, the key elements with which the designer must work have always included time, space, forces (or resources), effects, information, and command. Implicit ... , and means to create a game “universe” that reflects current and potential future realities Structure a framework for player actions and Control assessments that enables players to propose new ... ). This same structure allows us to provide a framework for the players themselves to introduce new ideas into the game without allowing flights of fancy—whether by those players themselves or by Game Control

The Mayaguez Operation

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This 180-page, independent analysis of the Mayaguez Incident finds Marine units were responsive, but suffered failures in tactics, intelligence, and command.

of the "real time" reporting (and tapes of the real time reporting) by the U.S. Joint Command in Thailand to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific (CinCPac) and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Pilot OpRep-4 Message Reports. Following the reconstruction of the events, these phases of the operation were analyzed: Response, Planning, Command and Control, Communications, Helicopter vulnerability ... , and command. Note: This reconstruction and analysis of the Mayaguez Operation was originally published by CNA in 1977 as a classified document. The report was declassified in 1980. CNA is re-publishing