New directions for projecting land power in the Indo-Pacific: contexts, constraints, and concepts

This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ land power in the Indo-Pacific, during competition and conflict, with a focus on scenarios involving China. The authors developed three concepts to guide the Army's ground force role in the theater, offering...

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Hauptverfasser: Wong, Jonathan P. (VerfasserIn), Mazarr, Michael J. 1965- (VerfasserIn), Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Research reports RR-A1672-1
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Zusammenfassung:This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ land power in the Indo-Pacific, during competition and conflict, with a focus on scenarios involving China. The authors developed three concepts to guide the Army's ground force role in the theater, offering the essential architecture of basing, information, relationships, and flexible combat power needed to make the joint force effective. In addition to outlining the elements of a wide-ranging, dynamic Army role in the region, the authors produced several complementary insights that could help shape Army planning for the theater. Most of these are already a major part of thinking at U.S. Army Pacific. General principles of future Army power projection in the region are well understood; the task now is to take seriously their full implications and build the needed capabilities. The authors also identified several elements of a refined vision of power projection for the Army. That new vision includes several roles and missions apart from flowing large combat forces and focuses on smaller units that are more feasible within the assessed operational constraints
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 192 Seiten) Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781977410160
DOI:10.7249/RRA1672-1