"The Coast Guard runs maritime domain awareness for…" — LCDR Peter M. Morisseau (#c891)

Card #c891IR // #c891SynthesisMilitary report

The Coast Guard runs maritime domain awareness for surface and air but has almost nothing for the underwater domain — a capability-gap analysis plus analysis of alternatives found the gap is real, the technology to close it has matured, and the moment to procure is now.

— In our words · Source: Coast Guard Maritime Security in the Underwater Domain (LCDR Peter M. Morisseau)

[Use when]

Every perimeter has a third dimension nobody budgets for — name it before an adversary uses it.

[Why it matters]

Ports and waterways are guarded on the surface while the water column below goes unwatched — an early institutional argument for underwater domain awareness, now a live undersea-infrastructure concern.