'... the range limitations of related sensors and drones, and even characterized the air-defense capabilities of the USMC as “precarious" ... logistics quandaries ...
'... the new mobile missile launchers that are being deployed by the USMC are small, light ... the USMC strategy is vulnerable because the “U.S has no way to quickly establish air superiority. This could take weeks or months and would entail massive losses.”
'... links the USMC strategy to [countering] China’s improving submarine force in significant detail ... U.S. deployments could degrade Chinese air defenses by employing drone swarms “to overwhelm our radar tracking capacity.”
'... argues that China must counter this posture by deploying a Chinese “proactive offensive posture, aggressively expand[ing] our operational reach, [and] project[ing] forces forward"'.
Defense NewsTip of the spear, or stranded on beaches? Chinese planners dissect USMC Pacific postureUnderstanding these dynamics, American leaders should recalibrate and opt to rely less on forward defense, writes analyst Lyle Goldstein.