CSBA REPORT CALLS FOR GREATER USE OF EW AND DE WEAPONS TO COUNTER GUIDED MISSILE SALVOS

摘要

According to a study released by the Washington D.C.-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), "Salvos of guided weapons launched during future engagements could overwhelm the defenses of US forces, reducing America's ability to project power." The report calls attention to the fact that "America's adversaries have taken advantage of proliferating guidance and missile technologies to create their own precision strike capabilities." In particular, it notes that the number, accuracy and reach of guided weapons fielded by China and Iran, in particular, represent significant conventional threats to the US military's ability to operate effectively in critical regions of the globe. "China has deployed one of the world's most sophisticated arsenals of anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) and land-attack cruise missiles (LAC-Ms) that can be launched from mobile ground launchers, aircraft, ships, and submarines," the report states. "China's ASCMs and LACMs are complemented by multiple types of ballistic missiles that can reach America's Western Pacific bases and ships at sea."