Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet CAPT Gene Doyle. USS MONTANA Committee Steering Group. USS North Carolina Homecoming

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1 USS Pasadena Returns from Deployment March 2017 Commander Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet CAPT Gene Doyle USS Kentucky Missile Test November 2015 USS MONTANA Committee Steering Group USS North Carolina Homecoming This brief is UNCLASSIFIED

2 Indo-Asia-Pacific Potential Friction Points Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners Korean Peninsula India/Pakistan South China Sea Taiwan Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Fiery Cross Reef 2009 Unprecedented Land Creation in Spratly Islands Strait of Malacca Fiery Cross Reef 2015 Woody Island? Fundamentally, the world has become dramatically more globalized Our way ahead must account for this new reality. Navy Design 2

3 High Interest Events Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners - Most Russian Submarine Activity since the Cold War VADM Clive Johnstone, NATO MARCOM - YANTAR deployments West of Greenland / Labrador Sea, Caribbean, Mid-Lant, Mediterranean - First SEVERODVINSK SSGN operational - 2x DOLGORUKIY transfers to Pacific Fleet - 3x KILO (3 rd Gen, 636.3) transfer to Black Sea, KALIBR-capable - 1 st combat use of sub-launched Land Attack Cruise Missile (from KILO) - 3x Ballistic Missiles (2x SLBM) launched in one day # of Submarines in Inventory US RFN PRC DPRK - Chinese Submarines to Indian Ocean - Chinese Nuclear sub port visit outside China - 1 st successful Korean SLBM launch from GORAE SSB - 5 th nuclear test; 1 st time two tests in one year - Chinese reclamation >3000 acres in South China Sea - JIN SSBN patrols # of Subs: # of Nations: # in construction: India, 1st successful ARIHANT SSBN at-sea SLBM launch The maritime system more contested than ever before Navy Design UNCLASSIFIED 3

4 South China Sea Overlapping Claims Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners US Goal is peaceful accord and conduct 4

5 China PLA(N) s Expansion into Distant Seas Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners YUAN in Karachi, Pakistan. PRC Operated Colombo Container Terminal Task Group Deployments HAWAII Djibouti Base Development DIEGO GARCIA Indian MH-370 Search SHANG deployed to Indian Ocean. Ocean GUAM VANUATU FIJI Pacific Ocean RIMPAC 2016 PARTICIPATION Warship TONGA Deployments Anti-Piracy Task Forces Intelligence Collection Goodwill Port Visits Hospital Ship Deployment engaging in coercion and competition below the traditional thresholds of high-end conflict Navy Design 5

6 Russia Resurgent Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners KALIBR LACM from submarines and surface ships in Caspian and Mediterranean Seas. KALIBR LACM Range SSBN DOLGORUKIY HL3 arrives in Petropavlovsk. KALIBR ASCM Range The Russian Navy is operating with a frequency and in areas not seen for almost two decades Navy Design 6

7 DPRK Improving Capabilities Naval Power HVL Navy Team Partners Successful Gorae / KN-11 launch Yokosuka Possible KN11 Max Range KN08 Max Range Pearl Harbor 22 AUG 2015 ~ 50 submarines sortied in a 24 hour period CHINA NORTH Myang Do KOREA Chaho Nampo Pipa Got Pyongyang Pearl Harbor Guam North Korean nuclear tests <1 KILOTON October Apra 2006 Harbor 6-7 KILOTONS February KILOTONS May KILOTONS January KILOTONS September 2016 Let me be very clear: the policy of strategic patience has ended. We are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, economic measures. All options are on the table," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 7

8 What We Do Deploy Combat Ready Forces Away Game Mentality Forward Persistent -- Independent Peace/Combat Rules of Engagement MISSION INVESTMENT SPEED STEALTH LETHALITY ENDURANCE Strategic Deterrence CONNECTIVITY Theater Undersea Warfare Effects under, and from under, the sea Two competing tensions: - To operate independently - To be networked/integrated DETERRENCE ASW ASUW ISR SOF EMW STRIKE MANPOWER & TRAINING PLATFORMS -ORP - VACL/VPM - TSEP SENSORS - Imaging - Acoustic - EM / Comms PAYLOADS - Unmanned - Torpedoes - Missiles -Other 8

9 Undersea Warfare Platform Centric Undeterred Access Acoustic Superiority Nuclear Deterrence Undisputed Dominance of Undersea Environment Tomahawk Missiles (TLAM) Torpedoes (ADCAP) Limited area of influence surrounding the submarine Advantages of Undersea Domain Domain Access Penetration of Adversary Defenses Timely Exploitation of Surprise Ambiguity and Uncertainty Survivability Undetected Operations To better meet today s force demands, explore alternative fleet designs, including kinetic and non-kinetic payloads and both manned and unmanned systems. Navy Design 9

10 Undersea Warfare What SSNs like MONTANA will bring to the fight Platform Enhancements VA Payload Module ULRM Acoustic Superiority LVA, Coating, VCS Quieting LPI/LPD Communications SWFTS Weapons Enhancements HWT Restart 3+1 ASUW missiles Advanced TACTOM Maritime Other Missiles Advantages of Undersea Domain Domain Access Ambiguity and Uncertainty Penetration of Adversary Survivability Defenses Undetected Operations Timely Exploitation of Surprise Beyond the Platform Small UUVs 1319 Fleet Modular / LBS UUV Large UUVs XL UUV LDUUV UAVs Blackwing XFC Sea Robin Deployable/fixed systems TASW Offset IUSS Countermeasures/Decoys To better meet today s force demands, explore alternative fleet designs, including kinetic and non-kinetic payloads and both manned and unmanned systems. Navy Design 10

11 Capacity Gap Quadrennial Defense Review - 48 SSNs to meet COCOM needs - December 2016 Navy Force Structure Analysis - 66 SSNs; 355 ships - President Trump - Calls for larger, ~ 350-ship Navy - SSNs? - Low point is 41 SSNs (FY29) - Trough duration is 16 years - Gap is 51 SSN-Yrs Submarines are the most important warfighting capability we have As far as Virginia class submarines I cannot get enough of them. - ADM Harris 11

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13 Strategic Deterrence Strike Special Operations Anti-Sub Surveillance SUBMARINE FORCE MISSIONS Anti-Surface Counter Drug Ops Mine Warfare 13

14 Investments in Warfighting Integrated Undersea Superiority Investment Strategy OHIO Replacement Program (Navy s #1 Priority) Milestone B in November 2016 On Patrol in October 2030 Sustain OHIO-Class to achieve expected service life Maintain operational availability Modernize the Force 2 VIRGINIA-class submarines per year Block V+ with VIRGINIA Payload Module, Acoustic Superiority Restore submarine inventory Continue investments in game-changing technologies: Expand IUSS and SURTASS capacity and capabilities Expand submarine-launched missile and torpedo portfolio Achieve a family of unmanned systems [The Navy] will be equipped with the weapons and advanced capabilities that it will need to deter any aggressor and to make any aggressor who isn t deterred very much regret their decision to take us on. Former SECDEF Ash Carter 14

15 VIRGINIA Class Pressing the Advantage Maintain a fleet that is ready to fight decisively. Navy Design 15