Posted on 05/18/2010 6:20:06 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
spent the morning at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment’s release of their new report “AirSea Battle: A Point of Departure Operational Concept” (you can find the report here as well as the briefing slides). Lots to unpack here from the 123 page report, the author’s brief and the lively discussion that followed.
CSBA says that China’s military modernization aims at denying U.S. air and maritime freedom of maneuver and access in the Western Pacific (WestPac) by targeting bases and ships with precision guided missiles. China’s buildup of increasingly capable anti-access/area-denial “battle networks” will, over time, make the current “American way of war” prohibitively costly.
This shift in the military balance is perhaps best exemplified by China’s widely reported development of “carrier killing” anti-ship ballistic missiles, a weapon that potentially threatens the very symbol of American military might and global presence.
CSBA president Andrew Krepinevich emphasized that CSBA’ AirSea Battle concept is not about fighting a war with China, or “rolling back” China’s influence in the Western Pacific. Instead, it should be seen as an “offsetting strategy” that reaffirms a U.S. commitment to maintaining presence, coalitions and influence in that strategically vital area.
CSBA’s AirSea Battle concept envisions a two stage campaign. The first phase would be to survive what would likely be Chinese pre-emptive strikes on U.S. and allied bases across the Western Pacific, particularly airfields. It envisions more than just trusting in missile defenses and base hardening. Prompt U.S. counterattacks would first go after the PLA’s reconnaissance strike complex, the U.S. would try to deny China the ability to accurately target fixed installations and ships and conduct battle damage assessment.
(Excerpt) Read more at defensetech.org ...
The absolutely ghastly reality, is that we gifted China with the technology and income stream to jump ahead multiple decades to make what we’re facing now possible.
I still maintain, treasonous acts have brought us to this point in time.
And it continues...
The worse thing is they are exporting it.
Stealthy destroyers, capable of precision long-range attacks. We were going to build dozens. I think the current plan is to build two.
I know ships are expensive, but we're just not serious about being able to match the Chinese in the Pacific. It's a shame.
All you have to do is call on Ender Wiggin and his jeesh.
Agreed...{:-)
Once again, I agree with you.
Were we able to rid ourselves of embedded traitors and out-in-the-open political obstructionists we could stay ahead of them with technology. As it is they sometimes employ our technology before we do.
Yeah, real expensive. I do note that we have trillions to spend when it’s something we want, like nationalized health care. TRILLIONS!
I agree.
I hear ya.
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