| Publication |
2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The ability to operate freely, unthreatened by adversaries seeking to track and
target them or interfere with their communications, that the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers have enjoyed for the last two decades is unlikely to continue. China
has been developing an antiaccess/area-denial capability, centered on antiship
ballistic missiles, that may soon be able to locate and attack U.S. carriers at considerable distances.
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The Chinese People's Liberation Army has also developed
concepts for information warfare that integrate computer network operations,
electronic warfare, and kinetic strikes to degrade an opponent's ability to collect,
process, and disseminate information.
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If combined effectively, antiship ballistic
missiles and attacks on information networks could endanger the U.S. Navy's
command of the sea.
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