Implementing the Pacific Deterrence Initiative

Abstract

The Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) is a congressional investment program focused on bolstering U.S. deterrence and posture, assuring allies and partners, and increasing defense capability and readiness in the Indo-Pacific. To ensure the PDI is successfully implemented in support of the National Defense Strategy objectives, the Commander of USINDOPACOM must establish a Joint Force Maritime Component Command (JFMCC) to campaign through day-to-day competition against Chinese forces in the South China Sea. As a result of this deliberate action, it will be possible to operationalize a compete-deter-win strategy by conducting assertive freedom of navigation operations in the contact layer, posturing forces to conduct sea denial in the blunt layer, and strengthening alliances and partnerships to set conditions for success in the surge layer. Implementing the PDI at the operational level requires innovative thinking and a robust application of design methodology. If implemented successfully, the PDI will fund the resources and capabilities for USINDOPACOM to sustain a JFMCC and achieve operational objectives that allow the U.S. to gain a strategic advantage over China in the Indo-Pacific.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 2022
Accession Number
AD1178291

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  • Amelia J. Griffith

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  • Naval War College

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