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Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/AD Strategies Sam J. Tangredi
Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Sep 17, 2013 - Source: DefenseNews. It serves to keep Western airpower at bay through the employment of a variety of tools. Is determined to guard the The Air Force wants to make that investment now. Mar 27, 2012 - Emphasizing the need to project U.S. Secondly, the new B-2 is designed to fly in "A2/AD" environments, or Anti-Access/Area Denial airspace, where electronic warfare technology will prevent regular aircraft from being effective. Apr 4, 2014 - Even more disturbing is the whole issue of the US military's so-called Air-Sea Battle (ASB). It is also, in effect, an exercise in anti-access/area denial (A2/AD), what the Chinese term “counter-intervention,” in miniature. Military might, the Defense Department's 21st century priorities include staying ahead of countries that actively try to counter U.S. The announcement of the ADIZ is first and foremost an exercise in political warfare—an attempt to shape others' perceptions and risk calculations. Central to the ASB concept is overcoming the purportedly emerging 'anti-access/area denial challenge' (or A2/AD) that challenges the operational freedom of US military forces. Dec 4, 2013 - The new air defense zone is only one part of a broader strategy. The US military has embraced ASB as a novel approach to warfare intended to counter 21st-century threats. In essence, anti-access is how an Forbes and his staff about escalation, they agreed: “Air-Sea Battle is a limited operational concept; it is not a doctrine, a military strategy, or a warfighting plan” against any particular country, Forbes responded in an emailed statement. Jun 4, 2013 - AirSea Battle began as, and remains, an attempt to solve the operational problem known in clunky Pentagon jargon as Anti-Access/Area Denial or (even worse) A2/AD.