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War College: Summer 2011 Review NAVAL WAR C OLLEGE REVIEW NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Summer 2011 Volume 64, Number 3 Summer 2011 Summer Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2011 1 NWC_Summer2011New.indd 1 4/21/2011 3:03:19 PM Naval War College Review, Vol. 64 [2011], No. 3, Art. 21 Cover The Claiborne Pell Bridge across the East Passage of Narragansett Bay, as seen from the Naval War College’s Pringle Hall on a June morning in 2010, its lower structure and the bay’s surface, 215 feet below the roadway at its highest point, obscured in fog—which on that day (as is not always the case on the bay) dispersed quickly. The bridge, built in 1968–69 to link the Rhode Island cities of Newport in the east (to the left in the photograph) and James- town, is the longest suspension bridge in New England, at 11,247 feet overall. It was named for Senator Claiborne Pell (1918–2009) of Rhode Island in 1992. Photograph by Joseph Quinn, Jr., of the Naval War College’s Visual Communica- tions Department. Title Page (opposite) Rear Admiral John N. Christenson (right) relieves Rear Admiral James P. Wisecup (left) as President of the Naval War College in a change of command ceremony held in Spruance Auditorium on 30 March 2011. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, is in the center. Rear Admiral Wisecup left Newport to assume, in Washington, D.C., on 18 April, duties as Naval Inspector General, in the grade of vice admiral. 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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2011 5 NWC_2011SummerReview.ps \\data1\john.lanzieri.ctr$\msdata\Desktop\NavalWarCollege\NWC_2011SummerReview\NWC_2011SummerReview.vp Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:14:37 AM Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Naval War College Review, Vol. 64 [2011], No. 3, Art. 21 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol64/iss3/21 6 NWC_2011SummerReview.ps \\data1\john.lanzieri.ctr$\msdata\Desktop\NavalWarCollege\NWC_2011SummerReview\NWC_2011SummerReview.vp Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:14:47 AM Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen War College: Summer 2011 Review CONTENTS From the Editors. 3 President’s Forum . 7 From the Sea PLA Doctrine and the Employment of Sea-Based Airpower. 11 Daniel J. Kostecka China’s navy currently possesses only a modest long-range force-projection capability. But between now and 2020, aircraft carriers and new amphibious assault ships will give it a robust capacity for force projection in East Asia and smaller missions farther afield—especially for, or in support of, nontraditional security operations. A New Carrier Race? Strategy, Force Planning, and JS Hyuga . 31 Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Retired) The recently commissioned JS Hyuga—a multirole, through-deck, helicopter-carrying destroyer— is the product of a Japanese naval concept that originated in the early postwar years, in the framework of the new constitution and the U.S.-Japanese alliance. The Great Green Fleet The U.S. Navy and Fossil-Fuel Alternatives . 61 Lieutenant Alaina M. Chambers, U.S. Navy, and Steve A. Yetiv It is apparent that alternative fuels and energy technology will become increasingly necessary with respect to the economy, the environment, and national security. The U.S. Navy, for its own reasons (and perhaps surprisingly), is well placed to take a leading position in this direction—and is already doing so. The “Other” Law of the Sea . 78 Commander Andrew J. Norris, U.S. Coast Guard The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea established a framework for legal governance of the world’s oceans and codified important principles. The vital details, however, are filled in by an array of widely accepted and broadly effective international treaties and mechanisms—the “other” law of the sea. Six Amazing Years RAGs, NATOPS, and More . 98 Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired) In only six years—1958–63, an era when the Navy operated some of the most challenging new aircraft in its history—the service cut its major-mishap rate in more than half. How? Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2011 7 NWC_2011SummerReview_5-6.ps \\data1\john.lanzieri.ctr$\msdata\Desktop\NavalWarCollege\NWC_2011SummerReview\NWC_2011SummerReview.vp Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:34:53 PM Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 2 NAVAL WARNaval COLLEGE War REVIEW College Review, Vol. 64 [2011], No. 3, Art. 21 Why Wargaming Works . 111 Peter P. Perla and ED McGrady The particulars of individual wargames are important, yet there is an undercurrent of something less tangible than facts or models that affects fundamentally the ability of a game to succeed—and to transform its participants into decision makers better able to face real-world challenges.