I've read "Ghost Fleet".
I was expecting it to be a 21st century digital generation Red Storm Rising.
I was pretty disappointed.
While I think it does a decent job of looking at the genuine threat posed by a fascist/capitalist/expansionist China and it tried to pull together all of the warfighting domains, I think it did so superficially and simply.
I feel they went quite wide(necessarily across the warfighting domains), but also quite shallow.
Too shallow in many aspects(political/economic warfare/effect and commentary on US and its core allies).
Some bright spots for sure, worth the read, but I don't think it's worth getting your Red Storm Rising hopes up.
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On an unrelated note. I've just finished a few books on RECONDO/LRRP operations in Vietnam.
It has left me thinking about the application of similar doctrine in the Pacific Ocean.
Large(r) numbers of small(er), cheap(er), stealth(ier) littoral/blue water "LRRP ships"(and submarines) that are capable of organic self-defense and organic offensive ambush, but largely a sensor net for prompt global strike.
But still capable of performing maritime policing/counter-piracy/presence patrols.
Meshed with satellite and manned/unmanned aerial ISR platforms.
In a "LRRP ship" context, if it's valid/relevant, the Littoral Combat Ship seems to make sense if that's part of it's intent.
But I wonder if the Chinese are closer to providing a regionally operational "maritime LRRP" capability with their sea/air/space sensors partnered with DF-21D?
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