Flash Traffic from Dagger Rock: The Decisive Intelligence Advantages of a Limited, Clandestine USSOF Presence in Taiwan

Abstract

The PRC remains dead fast in its commitment to fully reunify Taiwan, completing a nearly 80-year strategic objective. A Taiwan contingency plan remains one of the most significant issues for INDOPACOM and would require immediate, decisive intelligence to effectively coordinate response efforts. A limited, clandestine USSOF presence would provide decisive intelligence advantages for U.S. involvement in defending Taiwan from forceful reunification with China through a resilient special reconnaissance capability and a thorough understanding of the information environment, increasing joint lethality for long range precision fires.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 2022
Accession Number
AD1176637

Entities

People

  • Alexander W Crosby

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Denial
  • China
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deterrence
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Analysis
  • Intelligence Collection
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Lethality
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Reconnaissance
  • Security
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Strategic Warning
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Universities
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Educational Psychology
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.