Strategy does not tell an admiral where to place individual ships in immediate action. Those questions belong to tactics and doctrine, where experienced practitioners usually take the lead. Engineers and scientists also need a place in doctrinal work because they can explain the actual and practical limits of equipment. Doctrine must fit those limits. Strategy operates at a higher level by deciding where fleets should be committed and what they should do there. It is a synthesis of specialist knowledge rather than a substitute for it.
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Distinguishing strategy, tactics, and doctrine
A closing distinction separates tactical ship handling and doctrine from strategy, which decides where fleets are committed and what they are meant to achieve.