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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Anti-Access"”.
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The distributed air wing
The development of advanced anti-access/area denial (A2AD) threats by potential adversaries presents a significant challenge to the United States Navy. The proliferation of these threats makes operating an aircraft carrier from contested waters a high-risk endeavor. If a carrier must be withheld …
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Chinese Nuclear Policy
… core military strategies of active defense and anti-access/area denial. Chinese nuclear policy will play a pivotal role in the future of China as it struggles to reduce the military superiority of the United States in East Asia. Innovative tactical nuclear weapons and advanced delivery vehicle …
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Clear interests and clouded future : force structure and strategy options for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
… posits that the PLAN will continue to make quantitative and qualitative improvements, but due primarily to fiscal and technological constraints, China will not directly challenge the United States by matching its extensive multiple mission naval force structure. The PLAN is still in a nascent …
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Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the competing sovereignty claims in the South China Sea and the strategies used to defend those claims. The nations involved in the South China Sea dispute have amplified their military expenditures while confrontations at sea have become increasingly …
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China and Iran: Maritime Claims Backed by Developing Naval Forces and the Implications for U.S. Naval Forces
The goal of this thesis is to explore and clarify the extensive and contested maritime claims of the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran and to examine how the U.S. navy is equipped to address them should tensions escalate to armed confrontation. These island claims are both …