Strategic Sealift: Decisions Today to Ensure Tomorrow

Strategic sealift has never been more important to US national security, and US strategic sealift capability has never been weaker than it is today.

An ominous hint of what was to come can be found at the end of this 1991 thesis at the Naval War College, recommending:

... an intermodal network combined with Just In Time practices. U.S. flag carriers are seeing intermodalism as the watch-word of the future ... adapting an intermodal structure to strategic sealift requirements. Along the same lines, Just In Time provides today’s businesses with up to the minute information and easy off-load access.

That worked out just great during the pandemic as global supply chains ground to a halt.Now, as the US prepares for war in the Pacific, it is finally sinking in that fighting wars overseas requires ample, independent, US-flagged strategic sealift.

In a world of escalating geopolitical tensions, the need to rapidly deploy forces and provide logistical support is more critical than ever. This book offers a compelling analysis of a nation’s ability to project power across oceans and continents, connecting directly to the headlines of today. Beyond its strategic implications, the story of strategic sealift taps into our fundamental drive to explore, to venture beyond boundaries, and to ensure security and stability in a world often characterized by uncertainty.

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