China and Russian Ships Near Alaskan Water Space Temporarily (Innovation and Industry-Military Advancement Helpful)

USS Constitution vs HMS Java

1812

Maarten Platje, Dutch

Representing the need 

to always think ahead.

There is discussion on the patrol near Alaskan waters by Chinese and Russian ships that has some officials asking questions. It happened last year as well so this is not the first time and unlikely the last. It will be interesting to see what the information coming out in the next few weeks will indicate. Either way, the situation makes an argument for building more ships with faster and increasingly more mobile capabilities while maintaining substantial deterrent capacity for exercises related to coastal defense. 

You may read, 'U.S. Navy sends 4 destroyers to Alaska coast after 11 Chinese, Russian warships spotted in nearby waters' and 'US military responded to Chinese and Russian vessels near Alaska'

A few rantings below........

Faster more mobile ships might free up naval capacity for other needs and issues as well as shorten response time while more forceful vessels arrive. Perhaps improve general mobility overall (I'm not an expert in this so its just random thoughts innovation and manufacturing capacity.)There may be other industries that have interest in similar outcomes. i.e. research, diving, etc. Innovation can have multiple beneficiaries.

Building advanced era ships requires a level of serious engineering.  (U.S. has greater need now to innovate.)Through thinking about these issues and encouraging science and free brainstorming it is possible to come up with solutions that leads to higher levels functionality. We should always look over the horizon and reach for it. That is generally wise approach to any industry that must stay cutting edge and above the competition.

The point is, that innovation is a total system approach based not only on our military alone but also with industry, scientists, entrepreneurs and others. One of the reasons why someone would build a cluster is to put those elements into an environment that leads to 2 to 4X innovative outputs around key co-development objectives (For example, a new metal substance and new products for construction, military, space, etc. development. Another example might be new micro battery that can be used in military and new development also impacts root manufacturers and distributors that can sell to industry possibly at a profit i.e. net positive of military expenditures. Some revenue of products can be used to refund the research pool+ to keep funding future innovations.)

*Random brainstorming ideas. Feel free to discard. Business and industry can and do work together to create new things. That is likely going to be more true in the future as budgets and other issues come forward. What if you could fund development and increase the economy at the same time?