Geographical Impact on Coastal Defense Navies: The Entwining of Force Structure, Technology and Operational Environment

281 Pages·1998·60.861 MB·English

by  Michael S. Lindberg (auth.)

GEOGRAPHICAL IMPACT ON
COASTAL DEFENSE NAVIES
Also by Michael S. Lindberg
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Geographical Impact on
Coastal Defense Navies
The Entwining of Force Structure,
Technology and Operational Environment
Michael S. Lindberg
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Planning
Elmhurst College
Illinois
USA
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For Sue, Jenny and Murphy
Contents
List ofF igures x
List of Tables XI
Acknowledgments XV1l1
Abbreviations and Acronyms XIX
1 Introduction 1
The Study of Coastal Defense Navies 2
Why Study Coastal Defense Navies 6
2 Naval Power and Navies 14
The Elements of Naval Power 15
Types of Navies 31
3 The Role of Geography 38
The Influence of Geography on Naval Power 38
The Influence of Geography on Navies 41
The Influence of Geography on Naval Warfare 45
4 Coastal Defense Warfare and Coastal Defense
Navies 51
The Geographical Extent of Coastal Defense 51
Coastal Defense Warfare 61
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V1l1 Contents
Requirements of Coastal Defense Navies 69
The 'Model' Coastal Defense Navy 70
5 The Classification of Coastal Defense Navies 91
Study Group Determination 91
Coastal Defense Navy Classification Criteria 93
Coastal Defense Navy Classification 101
Operational Environment Classification 102
Appendix SA: Component Scoring Methodologies 107
Appendix 5B: The Use of Discriminant Analysis
as a Validation Tool 116
Appendix 5C: Naval Classification - A Literature
Review 117
6 The Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy 123
World Naval Classification 123
Coastal Defense Navy Classification Results 129
Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy Groups 136
Overview of the Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy 149
Regional Analysis 151
Appendix 6A: A Comparison of Scores on the
Variables Used to Construct a World Naval
Classification 157
Appendix 6B: Ranking and Discriminant Analysis
Results for Step Two of the Coastal Defense
Navy Hierarchy 162
7 Coastal Defense Operational Environments 186
Operational Environment Hierarchy Classification
Results 186
Operational Environment Hierarchy Groups 188
Contents
IX
Comparison of Force Structures to Operational
Environments 193
Further Geographical Analysis 1
9
7
Appendix 7 A: Ranking and Discriminent Analysis
Results for Operational Environment Variables 203
8 Summary and Conclusions 215
Summary of the Results 215
The Application of Geography to Naval Analysis 217
Implications of the Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy
for Blue Water Navies 218
Implications of the Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy
for Regional Security Issues 221
The Future of Coastal Defense Navies and of the
Coastal Defense Navy Hierarchy 225
Notes 231
References 234
Index 257
List of Figures
1.1 World Distribution of Countries with Coastal 5
Defense Navies
4.1 The Coastal Zone 52
4.2 UNCLOS Maritime Jurisdictional Zones
(Horizontal view) 56
4.3 UNCLOS Maritime Jurisdictional Zones
(Vertical view) 57
4.4 Coastal Defense Threat Pyramid 63
4.5 Layered Coastal Defense Zones of a Defense-In-
Depth System 67
4.6 Naval Force Structure and NationallNaval Support
Components 72
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