Roles for Japan Ground Self Defense Force in the A2/AD Environment

Abstract

Together with China's assertive maritime activities in the East China Sea, the growing Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) capabilities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) pose grave threats to the security of Japan. Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) should develop and possess its own counter-A2/AD capabilities for maintaining a deterrent posture across the spectrum of conflict levels, as well as lowering costs for US intervention in the Western Pacific. The JSDF's land component, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), should play leading roles in this Japanese version of counter-A2/AD, to include long-range strike capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176518

Entities

People

  • Yusuke Kawachi

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Area Denial
  • Asia
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • East China Sea
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Security
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.