Sea Power – The U.S. Navyís transformation in the post-Cold War era has brought an array of high-tech innovations that captured the publicís imagination. As the nation struck back at al-Qaeda or fought to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders, the public spotlight has focused on the Navyís futuristic unmanned vehicles, super-automated mission-control centers and precision munitions. But more mundane innovations in ships systems and operations also will have a lasting, though less dramatic, impact on the Navy of the 21st century.

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