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Littoral Optech – West Edited by Mårten Granberg Littoral OpTech – West Edited by Mårten Granberg Reprinted from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Issue 1/2015 Pages 92-99 Littoral OpTech – West The international naval workshop Littoral OpTech – West, hosted by The Royal Swe- dish Society of Naval Sciences – Kungl. Örlogsmannasällskapet (KÖMS) – in coope- ration with Saab and the Littoral Operations Center of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, was held in Stockholm Sweden 23rd to 24th September 2014. 92 Reprinted from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Issue 1/2015 Day One the Korea War. Dr. Sepp mentioned The Falklands, the Iran/Iraq war and the ope- Welcome addresses were made by The rational difficulties. In the littoral battle Royal Swedish Navy Chief of Staff scene noncombatants are present. It beco- RADM Jan Thörnqvist, Dr. Kalev I. Sepp, mes confused in cluttered littoral regions. Director of the Littoral Operations Cen- Dr. Sepp addressed the question, ter at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, “What can we learn from Sweden and RADM Thomas Engevall (RSwN) Presi- their extreme littoral?” For Sweden it dent of the Royal Swedish Society of Na- is natural to combine land-, sea- and air val Sciences, and CAPT Clark O. Troyer forces to work integrated in the Littorals. (USN), Commanding Officer of the U.S. Dr. Sepp mentioned Swedish experience Office of Naval Research-Global. in adopting Littoral capabilities from his- The keynote address was presented by torical Soviet threat in the cold war. US the Honorable RADM Jay Cohen (USN, and Sweden has worked together earlier ret.), former Chief of the Office of Naval with the submarine Gotland exercise in Research and Under Secretary of Science 2004 - 2005, then USN bought and im- and Technology at the Department of plemented 16 CB-90:s. Dr. Sepp expres- Homeland Security. RADM Cohen high- sed a wish for more cooperation and that lighted the challenges of operating in the we shall remember what we have learnt global littorals, and in particular the ”ex- and not forget. treme littorals” of the Baltic Sea. RADM Dr. Sepp gave brief information about Cohen made a closing remark that ”The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, NPS. future are The Littorals, the world has NPS is a very good environment to deve- changed. Blue waters will always be lop littoral concepts. 54 different nationa- important for world trade but green and lities among the students that participate brown water will be more important. The in courses, programs and projects. Many combined length of world Littorals are different projects regarding littoral com- the same as the distance from the Earth bat ship, scenarios etc are studied. NPS to the Moon". has the strength and can turn to the pro- Dr. Kalev I. Sepp, Director of the Lit- blems, Dr. Sepp concluded. toral Operations Center at the U.S. Naval CDR Ingo Eilts, German Navy, NATO Postgraduate School gave a presentation Centre of Excellence for Operations about ”The Littorals – Shifting from Blue in Confined and Shallow Waters, COE to Green”. Dr. Sepp gave a brief histori- CSW, at Kiel, gave a presentation about cal review of the US experience of green how the center is organized and their water operations from the Civil War. partnering countries in NATO. Dr. Sepp also mentioned other examp- Dr. Lee Wilett, Editor HIS Jane´s Navy les of complex green water operations International gave a presentation “Over- from WWI and WWII and the difficul- view of Littoral Operations and Techno- ties during these littoral battles. During logies”. Dr. Wilett gave a summary of the Pacific campaign the US and Allies subjects and littoral trends that IHS and gained knowledge and capability in con- Jane´s have been covering in recent years. ducting amphibious battle. The capabi- The workshop consisted of panel di- lity was important a few years later in scussions, interspersed with informal Reprinted from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Issue 1/2015 93 networking, with a number of senior mi- ideas and views how to operate in the lit- litary and civilian subject matter experts torals. Do we have common definitions, from Finland, Germany, India, Norway, how about extreme littorals, what define Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom littorals and challenges of tasks matched and the United States. with decreased budgets. The Panel consisted of RADM Jonas Panel discussions Haggren RSwN, CAPT Magnus Jönsson, Panel One: The Littorals – Why do we RSwN, Commander 3. Naval Warfare care Flottila. CAPT Chris Hodkinson, RN, The panel was moderated by CDR Steve Deputy Asst. Chief af Staff – Land & Lit- Benson (USN, ret.), Saab PM Littoral toral Manoeuvre, CDR Carl-Magnus Wa- Operations Center. He made the opening senius, Chief of Staff, Uusimaa Brigade, remarks: “Very little in the world today Finland. escapes the involvement of the Littorals. RADM Bertil Björkman thanked the The Global Littorals are and have been participants for their presentations and since time in memorial dominant geo- led the panel discussion and took ques- graphic feature in human existence. As tions from the audience. RADM Björk- an increasingly interconnected world be- man made a final remark for panel two: comes increasingly reliant on stable con- “We will manage in the future, we will ditions. In the future we have to prepare have the capacity. We have the ambition well for joint and combined operations in to joint operations and combined exerci- the complex Littorals. On the sea, under ses. In total we have the capacity and we the sea, in the air, on land, in space and will do the job”. in cyber space. This preparation across Panel Three – Underwater Operations allies and partners will serve from pre- in The Littorals sence to deterrence and on through war- time. We have highly qualified experts in The panel was moderated by CAPT Bo this panel”. Rask (RSwN ret.), Secretary Royal Swe- The Panel consisted of CAPT Yueksel dish Society of Naval Sciences. Can, Turkish Navy, NATO, COE-CSW, The Panel consisted of RADM J.J. Kiel., Dr. Eric Berglund, Swedish De- Waickwicz (USN ret.), former CO, Na- fence Research Agency, FOI, Dr. Martin val Mine and ASW Ops, 3d Fleet, CAPT Murphy, Naval analysts & Senior Re- Anders Järn RSwN, FXM, Swedish De- search Fellow, Dalhousie University and fence & Security Export Agency, CAPT CAPT Jeff Kline (USN ret.) U.S. Naval Jens Nykvist, RSwN, Commander 1. Postgraduate School. Submarine Flottila, CDR Jonas Hård af Segerstad, RSwN, Commander 42. Mine Panel Two – Operations in the Litto- Countermeasures Squadron. rals – With Allies and Partners. After opening remarks by the modera- The panel was moderated by RADM tor, RADM J.J. Waickwicz made the first Bertil Björkman (RSwN ret.) and Royal presentation for panel three. Swedish Society of Naval Sciences. He RADM Waickwicz told the back- made the opening remarks: The intention ground from the submarine Gotland that with this panel discussion is to present took part for exercises during two years 94 Reprinted from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Issue 1/2015 Panel Two- Operations in the Littorals - With Allies and Partners. in the US. The exercises were vital for jects to train. International exercises are USN to maintain antisubmarine skills good, but always evaluate”. and capability. It is essential to reinvent training and Day two bring it to the forefront in order to main- The keynote address was presented by tain capability and know-how. BGEN Ola Truedsson, Commander, RADM Waickwicz expressed that in Swedish Maritime Component Com- the future there is a need of mutual deve- mand, Swedish Armed Forces, Joint lopment of units and capabilities in order HQ. He explained the Swedish view on to save costs. Units can still be adjusted Littoral environment and Littoral Opera- to the own nations need and with own tions. The terrain in which Swedish Navy software and weapon systems. So ins- conducts its operations is very complex. tead of develop own ships for ten years at The complex multidimensional operation high costs, are there similar ships on the area where the Swedish Navy has to have market today? RADM Waickwicz made control and situational awareness in four a final remark, “Lesson learned, increase dimensions: Air, land, surface and sub- training”. surface. CAPT Bo Rask made final remarks: BGEN Truedsson briefed about the “Identify lessons, then implement them, current situation in The Baltic Sea. He otherwise it is not lessons learned. It is also explained current trends and chal- important to keep on training everything, lenges for the Swedish Navy. National especially daily tasks. A good idea could geographical position and national inte- be to invite the crew to innovative sub- rests will be the foundation. Once again Reprinted from Tidskrift i Sjöväsendet Issue 1/2015 95 the Swedish Navy is back to more tra- The battle of Tsushima straight was typi- ditional naval tasks like protecting ship- cal of being an important battle through ping and show presence in own regional out history similar to decisive ones like waters. Cooperation and interoperability Lepanto, Nile, Trafalgar and Jutland. Sir in order to maintain operational capabi- Julian Corbett specified three compo- lity is a key factor for future success. Sig- nents of the Royal Navy: the battle fleet to ning the Host Nation Support agreement defeat any challenge to command of the with NATO for instance. Cooperation sea; “cruisers” to patrol the sea lanes and for cost sharing regarding capability de- protect British trade; and “the flotilla” velopment is another necessary path for of small combatants capable of fighting Sweden. BGEN Truedsson concluded his inshore, where battleships, with all their brief with explaining the importance with offensive firepower, could not venture be- the Swedish Finnish Naval Task Group, cause torpedo boats, submarines and mi- SFNTG. nes. Early in WWI Makaroff and Corbett CAPT Wayne Hughes (USN, ret.), Pro- was proven right when three UK cruisers fessor and Dean Emeritus at the U.S Na- were sunk near the Netherlands coast by val Postgraduate School, author of Fleet German submarines.
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