Doctrinal Considerations about the Seabed Warfare

The present paperwork provides an intrinsic examination of the seabed environment and intends to identify the opportunity to integrate the seabed warfare concept into the naval doctrine. The objective of this endeavour is to determine the place of seabed warfare in the doctrine. In addition to the clarification, some amendments to the Romanian naval doctrine are suggested in order to improve the doctrinal content regarding underwater warfare and seabed security. To that end, it is conducted a comparative analysis between different naval allied doctrines, some leading global technology corporations, and non-governmental organizations. The result of the research should support the development of a robust naval doctrine, adapted to technological advances and the tactics of using modern weapons specific to seabed warfare. Moreover, upgrading the content of a maritime security strategy, which would contain measures in critical areas such as submarine communications, energy exploitation and the use of underwater vehicles, represents a direction to follow, especially in the conditions of multi-domain actions that have effects on the maritime environment.