ÈÍÒÅËÐÎÑ > ¹71, 2013 > ISR Support to Operational Access: Winning Initiative in Antiaccess and Area-denial Environments Andrew Robert Marvin
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When General Martin Dempsey released the Joint Operationa Access Concept (JOAC) in January 2012, it represented a strategic shift within the Department of Defense (DOD) following more than a decade of focus on irregular warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the JOAC, General Dempsey called for the development of strong solutions to counter enemy efforts to deny the U.S. military both the ability to reach a joint operational area (antiaccess) and, once it has reached that area, its ability to freely maneuver toward an objective (area denial). Together, these antiaccess/ area-denial (A2/AD) tactics represent a substantial threat to the current American way of war, which is characterized by long buildups, sizable logistics footprints, and unhindered access to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). Âåðíóòüñÿ íàçàä |