Row 41403

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Interested to know what is driving the recent shift in US force posture toward land-based long-range strike. In past years, think tanks have begun discussing the possibility of positioning land-based missiles along the First Island Chain for sea denial and air defense (but also SSMs capable of strikes against the Chinese mainland). Same operational concept under different names: Archipelagic Defense, Inside-Out Defense etc.

The recent deployment of the Typhon launcher to the Philippines appears to be an attempt at validating this concept.

Traditionally, US power-projection into the region has relied on sea-based and air-based platforms. The AirSea Battle concept in the early 2010s mostly adhered to this despite challenges posed by Chinese A2/AD. Now the emphasis seems to be shifting toward maritime denial and holding the line at the First Island Chain with land-based missiles, rather than a more direct approach involving operations within the First Island Chain, penetrating standoff strikes against the mainland (with attendant risks), and sea-based mobility.

Would be interested to know the considerations and drivers behind this shift.

* Why the sudden interest in land-based long-range fires? There are some advantages to land-based missiles that I can think of (cost-effectiveness, survivability, larger payloads, volume, easier logistics and communications), but why is this happening now? Is it something opportunistic stemming from the withdrawal from the INF Treaty? Is it the Army seeking a role in the Pacific? * Is it a response to China's improving A2/AD capabilities? How does this help to ameliorate those problems? * Has there been a shift away from AirSea Battle? What elements have been discarded/replaced and why? * How do other recent US moves such as the search for more resilient and dispersed airbases (e.g. in the Philippines) and the Marine Littoral Regiments and EABO, the Navy's Distributed Maritime Operations, AUKUS submarines etc. fit into the larger CONOPS and changing force posture? Or am I assuming some coherence here?

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text Interested to know what is driving the recent shift in US force posture toward land-based long-range strike. In past years, think tanks have begun discussing the possibility of positioning land-based missiles along the First Island Chain for sea denial and air defense (but also SSMs capable of strikes against the Chinese mainland). Same operational concept under different names: Archipelagic Defense, Inside-Out Defense etc. The recent deployment of the Typhon launcher to the Philippines appears…
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