Bill Rivers, Author at Yorktown Institute

A Rockefeller of the Seas

When General Ulysses S. Grant floated troops down the Tennessee River in 1862 on the campaign that would eventually break the back of the confederacy, his transports did so under the protection of privately-owned gun boats. The first-of-their-kind riverboat ironclads were at that time still the property of their inventor—St. […]

An Anduril Industries graphic of the Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle, or XL-AUV. (Anduril)

Nov 10 2023

For Survivable Resupply, Look to Autonomous Submarines

By Bill Rivers / November 10, 2023 / Articles / Submarine Warfare, US Navy / 2 minutes of reading

Conventional wisdom says it would be over quickly: China would bring overwhelming military power to bear against Taiwan, and the island would quickly capitulate. But wars are unpredictable things; they seldom go as planned. The possibility of a protracted Taiwan fight – like the kind Ukraine is waging now – should

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