UK As a Medium Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Subtitle: Logistics for Influence
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781137012364
Subjects: Great britain, royal marine forces
Description: Argues that the UK, as a post-modern globalised state, will require means to have influence over events and opponents that threaten the UK's interests in the 21st century, and that its means is the Royal Navy. However, unlike other studies, this research emphasizes the role of logistics, especially afloat support logistics and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. In doing so, the author rejects the current theory underpinning military operations at distance, that distance degrades capability, and posits an alternative theory, that time is the key factor, for maritime-based forces.