The Navy’s commander for surface warfare believes the fleet needs to adopt a more offensive capability by adding weapons to ships that can strike sea targets at greater distances, forming the basis of a “hunter killer” posture to counter emerging threats in more heavily contested waters.In a presentation and separate roundtable with the media during the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium just outside Washington this week, Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, the commander of naval surface forces, outlined the concept he…
