Sergey E. Ivashchenko
Naval power in the twenty‑first century has gradually moved away from large formations built around massive industrial‑era giants such as battleships and aircraft carriers. It has become distributed, autonomous, and networked. The aircraft carrier — a symbol of the industrial age — can no longer serve as the core of a fleet: it is too expensive, too vulnerable, and too dependent on infrastructure. Modern warfare requires not center‑dependence, but the absence of one — a multitude of autonomous elements that cannot be decapitated with a single strike.
This article describes the transition from a carrier‑centric model to a post‑carrier architecture built on autonomous systems, distributed strike matrices, and a new doctrine of maritime power projection. The material presented here outlines one possible pathway for the evolution of naval power in the twenty‑first century, serving as an analytical model that, under certain conditions, may develop into a doctrinal framework.
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