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Today’s global environment is characterized by an increasingly interconnected and interdependent global economic system, rising energy costs and increasing levels of multi-polar nation state action and influence in the economic, military and political arenas. Consistent with the themes expressed in the writings of Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, we respectfully submit that the global commons of the 21st century not only includes the sea, but also the air and cyberspace.

Our nation’s vital strategic interests rely upon open and unrestricted access to each of the three global commons, the sea, the air, and cyberspace for commercial and military purposes. These global commons are the lifelines of commerce and prosperity in the modern world. Affordable and unrestricted access to each of the global commons for commercial and military purposes is the key to the continued prosperity and stability of the modern interconnected global system. A properly designed, constructed and deployed airship will provide a platform to maintain and expand access to the global commons mentioned above.