All I Wanted For Christmas: Attritable Naval Platforms + A Force Architecture Continuum

Published on January 2, 2025

Framing platforms as attritable is wrong. Instead, design forces to have sensor-shooter coverage across an expendable-survivable spectrum.

Inside Russian artillery range, I noticed something immediately: everything seemed attritable.

Platforms, people, and potential targets were not worth shooting at. On closer inspection, those worth hitting survived by concealing or toughening themselves. I framed this attritable-survivable dichotomy in Lessons from an Intelligence Officer on Ukraine’s Front Line.

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