"This fifth-generation missile adds another dimension for
sea control operations and for protection from adversary warships," said Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon Air Warfare Systems.
HSM 73's primary mission is to conduct
sea control operations in open-ocean and coastal environments as part of a Carrier Air Wing.
For example, NOC 10 inappropriately includes peacetime roles in a wartime concept by saying that naval forces will "conduct
sea control operations to enforce freedom of navigation, sustain unhindered global maritime commerce, prevent or limit the spread of conflict, and prevail in war" (18) This same theoretical disconnect is reflected in NDP 1: "Sea control is the essence of seapower and is a necessary ingredient in the successful accomplishment of all naval missions." (19) naval missions today is a set that includes many conducted outside of a state of armed conflict, the only context in which sea control is meaningful.
Maritime power projection may be accomplished by amphibious assault operations, attack of targets ashore, or support of
sea control operations." Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, Joint Publication 1-02 (Washington, D.C.: Joint Staff, 23 March 1994, amended through 15 April 1998).