Undersea Lawfare: Can the U.S. Navy Fall Victim to This Asymmetric Warfare Threat?

Authors

Michael T. Palmer
J. Michael Johnson

Abstract

As the world’s only superpower, the United States of America finds itself challenged by adversaries who know they cannot confront it directly, toe to toe, on traditional battlefields, or on or under the world’s oceans. In their attempts to follow Sun Tzu’s instruction to “subdue the enemy without fighting,” potential adversaries of the United States continuously assess and probe American strengths and weaknesses to identify vulnerabilities for military, political, and industrial exploitation. It is not fully appreciated, assessed, or addressed by American policy makers and warfighters how vulnerable the U.S. military is to the threat of “lawfare,” both international and domestic environmental.

Recommended Citation

Palmer, Michael T. and Johnson, J. Michael (2016) "Undersea Lawfare: Can the U.S. Navy Fall Victim to This Asymmetric Warfare Threat?," Naval War College Review: Vol. 69: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol69/iss1/8