The Undersea Battlespace Revolution: Autonomous Warfare, Supercavitation, and the Strategic Race for Seabed Dominance

Strategic Context: The Ocean Floor Becomes a Contested Military Domain The next major naval confrontation may be shaped as much by what forces can detect, protect, and control beneath the ocean as by the ships, aircraft, and missiles operating above it. Underwater warfare is evolving beyond the traditional contest between submarines and anti-submarine forces into…