Airsea Battle to Joint Concept for Access and Maneuver in the Global Commons: Imperative for a Continuation of a Crucial Warfighting Concept

Abstract

If the United States intends to maintain its current strategic standing, effectively power project, and preserve its war fighting potential, the U.S. armed forces most obvious shortcomings must be acknowledged by the continuation and further development of a war fighting concept fully addressing the Anti-Access/Anti-Denial (A2/AD) approach potential challengers have adopted. This thesis traces the origins of the AirSea Battle concept and reviews the deliberation over its merit. Concepts for future warfare formulated in the past will serve as a guide for assessing the status of AirSea Battle as a viable concept to model the development of capabilities the joint force will need to advance U.S. strategic interests and goals. Finally, this work makes recommendations on further distilment, incorporation, and refinement offering better options to senior leaders and decision makers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2015
Accession Number
ADA625244

Entities

People

  • Nicholas J. Reed

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Area Denial
  • Attrition
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Defense Planning
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies