Why Amphibious Ready Groups are Needed in Pacific to Counter China
This kind of tactical mission scope would also prove critical should some kind of confrontation emerge in the South China Sea.
As formations which can launch fifth-generation stealth attacks from the ocean, dispatch heavily armed ship-to-shore vehicles loaded with Marines and weapons, operate Osprey Tiltrotors for troop transport behind enemy lines and command fleets of surface, air, and undersea drones, U.S. Navy Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) could almost operate as adapted, tailorable, multi-mission Carrier Strike Groups.
This would be particularly true in maritime environments such as those that exist in the Pacific region where there are many island chains, coastal areas, and sea-land domain operational requirements. Unlike Carrier Strike Groups which, having large, deep-draft blue-water ships such as carriers and destroyers, Amphibious Ready Groups can perform maritime combat operations in both open blue water
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