The forward deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) launches a Harpoon missile from the aft missile deck in a live-fire exercise as part of Valiant Shield 2012. The live-fire event sank the ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/Released)
Precision Strike Technology Goes Global -- Robert Farley, The Diplomat
Surviving a world of diffuse precision strike is a strategic and organizational problem for the US military.
Stepping briefly out of the debate over AirSea Battle, there has been some excellent recent work on the strategic implications of the diffusion of precision-strike technologies. In the summer issue of Parameters, Conrad Crane warns about the attractiveness of long range precision-strike, a warning that could serve for the allure of airpower more generally.
Crane’s piece works as a nice commentary on Barry Watts’ recent monograph on the history of precision strike (short version here). Watts makes an excellent point: the United States has, in practice, led the precision strike field, virtually to the exclusion of all other players. There are examples in which United States forces have been subjected to certain forms of precision strike, but these are few and far between.
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My Comment: The Chinese have access to a good chunk of our technology .... and they read our defense manuals and policy papers. It is only natural that they would also start to copy our weapon systems like precision missile systems.
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