Anti-Access Goes Global

Security analysts the world over havedetailed China’s efforts to develop weapons systems that can slow or stop a potential enemy entering a conflict zone. Dubbed “anti-access,” “access-denial,” or “A2/AD,” the goal of such a strategy is to use weapons that, as Andrew Erickson of the U.S. Naval War College explains it, “put U.S. forces on the wrong side of physics”. The backbone of any A2/AD strategy is an anti-ship missile. Such a missile, fired from land, sea or air can

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