Integrated Deterrence: Implications for Maritime Strategy
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Authors
Wirtz, James J.
Subjects
integrated deterrence
maritime strategy
nuclear-conventional integration
Navy Force Design 2045
deterrence in the western Pacific
maritime strategy
nuclear-conventional integration
Navy Force Design 2045
deterrence in the western Pacific
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Date of Issue
2025-03-31
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
This research explores the U.S. Navy’s role in the strategy of integrated deterrence, which is outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States. The strategy involves the effort to integrate traditional (air, land, maritime, nuclear) and emerging (cyber, space) warfare domains to create synergies and efficiencies to bolster deterrence. This research explores how the philosophy animating integrated deterrence might influence nuclearconventional integration at sea, the Navy’s overall role in national defense, and true integration in an emergent joint Army-Navy-Marine setting in the western Pacific. These findings, which highlight a lack of emphasis on deterrence in ongoing debates about future strategy and force structure, can influence ongoing efforts to reshape the Navy as part of Navy Force Design 2045.
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Technical Report
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NPS Report Number
NPS-NSA-24-003
Sponsors
Naval Research Program
OPNAV N7 – Warfighting Development
OPNAV N7 – Warfighting Development
Funding
This research is supported by funding from the Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Research Program (PE0605853N/2098). https://nps.edu/nrp
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Format
30 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.