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On the recordMay 17, 2011
the concept of ship-to-shore maneuver supporting the EFV considered anti-ship threats from land-based mobile cruise missiles, air-to-surface weapons, and mines sufficiently serious that amphibious assaults were planned to be launched from over-the-horizon
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the evolution of threats affecting amphibious assault strategies.

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