Report: Improving U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, And Targeting

The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (rear) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific in Philippine Sea on June 18, 2016. Courtesy Jake Greenberg/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Seth Cropsey, Hudson Institute: If You Can’t See ’Em, You Can’t Shoot ’Em: Improving U.S. Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting

Introduction

The United States today faces the greatest challenge to its international stature since the mid-twentieth century. America’s adversaries, despite their differences, threaten to come together in a coalition that can dominate Eurasia and by extension, jeopardize American strategic interests and values globally.

Of several potential flashpoints for confrontation, the Western Pacific has the potential to be the most decisive. The most powerful of the three US rivals is Asian, and it is the only adversary with the economic and political power to field a technologically sophisticated, quantitatively superior military force.

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WNU Editor: This report recognizes the implications of a Russia - China military coalition, and the threat that China poses in the West Pacific.