Is America's AirSea Battle Doctrine Dead?

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Hubble mans an M-240 machine gun, April 12, 2008, during a transit exercise with the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Philippine Straits. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class N. Brett Morton

Budget Storm Could Sink U.S. Plan to Rule Sea and Sky -- Danger Room

Back in 2009, the Navy and the Air Force secretly shook hands on a new way to work together to fight future wars against major powers. It’s called AirSea Battle, and not much about it has been made public. But the Air Force’s second in command publicly fretted on Wednesday that some of its core components might not be affordable.

The basic concept behind AirSea Battle is to maintain U.S. dominance of the air and sea, as the Navy War College’s Milan Vego writes in this month’s Proceedings, and overpower any nation that might try to push the United States back from its shores through advanced missiles, stealth aircraft or a blue-water fleet of its own. (If this nation sounds like China to you, you’re paying attention.) “Central to AirSea battle,” said Gen. Philip Breedlove, Air Force vice chief of staff, is the Air Force’s planned new “long-range, penetrating bomber aircraft.”

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More News On America's AirSea Battle Doctrine

AirSea Battle Must Not Work Alone -- USNI
New bomber is key to AirSea battle doctrine -- Daily Tech
Corps to test Air Sea Battle concepts -- DoD Buzz
US Bomber Plan Questioned -- The Diplomat
AirSea Battle Concept Is Focused On China -- Aviation Week

My Comment: The planning and strategy has been developed .... but the lack of money will doom it. This is where America's future security is being compromised, and its impact will only be felt 10-15 years from now long after the politicians who compromised it are gone and forgotten.