Next-Generation Long-Range Strike: Combating the Tyranny of Distance

Abstract

Adversary Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) capabilities are reducing the efficacy of U.S. land and carrier based short-range strike systems placing U.S. strategy in the Pacific and the Middle East at risk. A lack of forward basing combined with an ever increasing mobile ballistic missile threat to the Navys carriers will most likely ensure that U.S. forces will have to overcome enormous distances in order to provide a direct attack capability to the combatant commander. Moreover, the preponderance of U.S. long-range strike assets, the legacy bomber fleet, is old, getting harder to maintain, and is becoming increasingly unable to penetrate modern integrated air defense systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 2011
Accession Number
AD1018720

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Brunner

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Combat Operations
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Stealth Technology
  • Target Recognition
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies