The aircraft carriers Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz and their strike groups underway in the western Pacific in 2017. Defense Secretary James Mattis wants to see this kind of thing more often, but to do it could fundamentally change the Navy. (James Griffin/Navy
Business Insider: Mattis hints at new Navy aircraft carrier strategy to throw off Russia and China in a potential future war
* Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted at major changes in the US Navy's way of deploying aircraft carriers in comments to the House Armed Services Committee last month, Defense News reports.
* Mattis said that the way aircraft carriers deploy today is like a commercial shipping company, and he'd rather it was more about keeping US adversaries Russia and China off balance.
* Mattis proposed shorter, more erratic deployments that allow the US to surge presence in areas when needed, and to be unpredictable during peacetime.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted at major changes in the US Navy's way of deploying aircraft carriers in comments to the House Armed Services Committee last month, Defense News reports.
Mattis compared how the US Navy deploys ships to a commercial shipping operation, with predictable, pre-planned routes, potentially blunting the strategic advantage of the fast-moving carriers.
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Update: Is Secretary of Defense Mattis planning radical changes to how the Navy deploys? (Defense News)
WNU Editor: The Russians do not telegraph their naval deployments .... they just do it, and then have fun watching NATO and the U.S. scramble to try and follow them. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is onto something here .... and he should make it happen.
