Gorshkov moves from historical fleet combat to missile-age operations. A strike is the combined effect of multiple force types operating across different directions and ranges, rather than the work of one platform. Missiles could turn a single tactical action into an operational or strategic result. This language supports the Soviet preference for layered attack systems and the cruisers, carriers, submarines, and naval aviation then competing for procurement support.
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Missile-age naval warfare as a coordinated system of strikes
Gorshkov interprets modern naval combat through coordinated strikes by ships, submarines, aircraft, and shore-based forces.