"No Option Excluded": Using Wargaming to Envision a Chinese Assault on Taiwan

Abstract

The Mad Scientist Laboratory is excited to feature today's post by returning guest blogger Mr. Ian Sullivan, who converges the power of wargaming with narrative to compellingly imagine the unthinkable - China defeating the US in large scale combat operations! Over the past 30 years, U.S. battlefield dominance has been sustained by three heretofore unchallenged pillars: 1) We have the best equipped Army in the world; 2) We have the best trained Soldiers and the most dynamic leaders; and 3) Our ability to conduct maneuver warfare is unmatched. But will our battlefield acumen even matter when engaging an adversary who enjoys the advantage of time and space, possesses significant A2/AD and cyber capabilities that can disrupt our homeland and the timely flow of Soldiers and materiel to the fight, and whom has stolen a leaf (page) from our playbook and comprehensively modernized their military forces across the DOTMLPF-P capabilities spectrum?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1142683

Entities

People

  • Ian Sullivan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • South China Sea
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space