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Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China

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September 22, 2022
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS  <i>George H.W. Bush </i> operates with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS  <i>Harry S. Truman </i> in the Ionian Sea on August 27, 2022. (US Navy photo/Seaman Samuel Wagner)
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush operates with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Ionian Sea on August 27, 2022. (US Navy photo/Seaman Samuel Wagner)
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September 2022
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Speakers:
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Trent Hone

Vice President, ICF

Dmitry Filipoff

Director of Online Content, the Center for International Maritime Security

Michael A. Hunzeker

Associate Professor, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government

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Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

The US Navy has long been the world’s largest and most capable military fleet. However, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy recently overtook the US Navy in size and, with the PLA’s missile and air forces, threatens the US and its allies across the western Pacific. Against a large and sophisticated opponent like China, the US Navy cannot simply grow or adopt new technologies to regain its advantage. US sailors will need to innovate operationally or risk losing their next conflict.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow Bryan Clark, author and ICF Vice President Trent Hone, Dmitry Filipoff of the Center for Maritime Security, and Michael Hunzeker, author and associate professor at George Mason University, for a discussion about the importance of operational innovation and the Hudson Institute’s new report, “Learning to Win.”

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