What is the three-dimensional synchronous development of maritime combat platforms?

The maritime combat platform has formed a situation of three-dimensional synchronous development of land, sea and air.

The maritime combat platform is a carrier with maritime carrying function and can be used as the support of weapons and equipment. Mainly refers to naval combat ships and naval combat aircraft, helicopters, amphibious armored vehicles and other parts except weapon systems.

In the military field, offshore unmanned platforms generally refer to military working platforms such as unmanned boats and unmanned submersibles, which can carry weapons or equipment and be deployed in marine waters. Compared with the traditional manned combat platform, the offshore unmanned platform has the characteristics of diverse types, multi-domain distribution and multi-function. With the continuous breakthrough of artificial intelligence, navigation control and other technologies, unmanned platforms at sea will be gradually applied to the sea battlefield, which will have a far-reaching impact on maritime operations and their power development.

There are various types of offshore unmanned platforms, which can be divided into movable platforms such as manned/unmanned boats and unmanned submersibles, and fixed platforms such as preset loads and underwater bases. According to the control type, it can be divided into manned/unmanned platforms, unmanned gliders and other semi-autonomous platforms. Compared with traditional large-scale offshore equipment such as aircraft carriers and submarines, offshore unmanned platforms have low cost and low technical difficulty, and coastal countries and non-state organizations can develop or purchase various types of unmanned platforms.

Because unmanned platforms at sea can be concealed and used flexibly, some small countries can block some sea areas by deploying unmanned platforms on a large scale, thus achieving the goal of asymmetric consumption. Compared with other combat fields, the ocean has the characteristics of connectivity. In peacetime, unmanned platforms are preset at sea, and covert attacks on the enemy in an open or closed capacity in crisis or wartime can achieve the effect of consuming the enemy. The extensive use of unmanned platforms at sea will make future naval battles more diversified, and there will be more choices to achieve asymmetric checks and balances.