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Proceedings of 14th International conference „Maritime Transport and Infrastructure - 2012”THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF NAVAL SHIPSFOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORTRaimonds RozenfeldsNAF Training and Doctrine Command, Riga, Ezermalas street 8, LV-1014, Republic of Latvia. E-mail:rozenfelds@inbox.lvAbstractIn this article author analyze the development of the fast naval ships and craft for special operationsin the last years. The development of the special operations naval craft and equipment in near futurewill be analyzed. The article includes 3 chapters. In the first chapter author analyze the specialoperations and connection of them to the marine transport and navies. In the second chapter authoranalyze the development of multipurpose amphibious ships and other multipurpose support ships forspecial operation support. Third chapter talks about special operations littoral waters naval craftbuilding, modernization and technology development in different world navies. The different specialoperations naval craft development projects and plans in world navies will be analyzed. There are thesummary and references in the end of article.KEY WORDS: special operations, world navies, ships and naval craft development.IntroductionIn this article author will analyze the development of the different type of naval ships, whatcan be used for special operation force (in text - SOF) support. Author will analyze tendencies ofdifferent support ship type’s development and their role in special operation support in present andnear future. The role and tasks of special operations in the navies will be described. The conclusionsabout this topic will be given in the summary.1. The special operation tasks in the naviesIn this chapter author will describe and analyze the special operation tasks and theirconnection to navy. The Republic of Latvia became the NATO member state in 1st April 2004, that’smean that we need to fulfill requirements and common guidelines of NATO. The NATO approved theunclassified common publication AJP-3.5 „NATO Special Operation Doctrine” in 27th January 2009.This doctrine defines and describes the special operation and defines the tasks of those operations inair, sea and land. According to this doctrine during the special operations the NATO member statesSOF or other units specially trained and equipped for special operation tasks do the following tasksconnected to navies:1. Threat evaluation;2. Target evaluation;3. Recovery operations;4. Hostage release operations;5. Ships, naval vessels and costal infrastructure defense;6. The ships forced search operations [1].In this doctrine the naval special operations is defined as one of the types of specialoperations.102
Proceedings of 14th International conference „Maritime Transport and Infrastructure - 2012”The significance of special operations and naval special operations in last year’s continues togrow. The main reason for that is the problem of piracy in different parts of the world like Somalia,Brazil, Strait of Malacca near Singapore in South-East Asia and other.2. The development of multipurpose amphibious ships and other multipurpose shipsfor special operation supportIn the near future the SOF equipment will develop. The main development will be towardsSOF personal security, intelligence, observation, different lethal and non-lethal weapons systemsdevelopment and/or modernization, operations effectiveness, ports and special operationsinfrastructure and vessels security. The detection equipment will be developed for reason to detectenemy SOF, pirates and other threats. The rescue equipment will be developed. The multipurposeamphibious ships and other support ships are the excellent platform to help SOF do their tasks in thedifferent parts of the world.The different doctrines developed in recent past and present time have articulated the need ofmaritime forces that are mobile, flexible and versatile, able to react and/or redeploy quickly, capableof operating in crisis, conflict or humanitarian relief scenarios and able to sustain operations at reachfor extended periods. These tasks are very close to tasks, what SOF do. So, the demands andrequirements of SOF playing important role, when different types of multipurpose amphibious ships(MAS) and other support and battle ships are projected, developed, constructed and modernized.Several navies in recent years developed requirements for MAS designs combining themultiple attributes of a multi-spot aviation capability; protected load/offload and berthing forwatercraft; excellent command, control and communications (C3); organic medical/primary carefacilities; possibility to support different operations and special operations and a large internal volumefor the transport of personal and material. Given budgetary pressures, shipbuilders have sought toleverage mercantile standards and shipbuilding practices wherever practical to create what areessentially “hybrid” warships. The result is a new generation of affordable, European designed landinghelicopter dock (LHD) vessels designed to be the centerpiece of a national or coalition task group.They are the multipurpose ships of the modern navy [2].The advantages of hybrid ships are possibility to quickly install and change the equipment fordifferent tasks. Because of these constructions one ship can perform different tasks, what can helpreduce the number of ships in the navy, reduce the number of different ship types. The disadvantage isnecessity to have special equipment for mission modules change, that make this ships moredependable from ports infrastructure. The exploitation costs are higher, because the construction ofthose ships is more complicate.In this chapter author will analyze the several main types of MAS what are under developmentat present time and will be used in future for different special operations support in world seas andoceans and other tasks.The different MAS types are used and will be used for SOF logistical, medical, informationand intelligence support. The aviation groups, located on these ships can make air strike support,intelligence, material supply. The aircraft can be used for insertion and evacuation of SOF troops. TheMAS is used and will be used for SOF support when they operate far away from their main homebases, making anti piracy and other special operations.The 1st MAS type is “Mistral” class (France) command and projection ships of French navy.The first two of this class is in service for French navy from 2006, the third will follow in the end of2012, 4th is planned. This MAS have been conceived to meet the French navy requirement for newcapital platforms for undertaking crisis management and force projection missions, intended to enableforce projection onto a lightly defended coast by air and sea, sustain force elements ashore and provideoperational command and control, support for special operations [2].The prime contractor for “Mistral” class of MAS ships is Shipbuilder Company DCNS(France), the main subcontractors is STX France Company and Stocznia Remontowa GdanskCompany. The “Mistral” class MAS displaces 21,500 tons fully loaded and 199 meter in length. Itsdesign is characterized by a six-spot, 5,200 m2 flight desk, served by 2 elevators from a 1,800 m2103
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