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281 Pages·1998·60.861 MB·English
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GEOGRAPHICAL IMPACT ON COASTAL DEFENSE NAVIES Also by Michael S. Lindberg NAVIES AND SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES (with Daniel Todd) THE PERSIAN GULF NAVAL ARMS RACE: Myth or Reality? 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 © Michael S. Lindberg 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1s t edition 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1998 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire R021 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-1-349-14582-9 ISBN 978-1-349-14580-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-14580-5 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 321 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 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 Vll 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 x

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