Defeating an anti-access strategy requires three core capabilities. The first is the ability to neutralize the sensors of the anti-access force (to include the termination of the enemy's satellites). The second is a robust layered defense that provides physical, electronic-warfare, and cyber-war protection for one's own force. This capability should include the preplanning of autonomous actions by tactical units if/ when force communications are lost. It must also include cutting-edge deception techniques. The third is the capacity to provide a precise, persistent, and continuous volume of fire directed at the enemy's command-and-control (C2), communications nodes, and long- and mid-range weapon systems. Since some of the enemy's systems can be expected to be mobile or hardened, this cannot be done in the "one bomb, one kill" fashion that is the full promise of smart weapons. Accurate targeting and smart weapons are essential, but volumes of (precise) fire with multiple striking salvos are also needed to paralyze and suppress the anti-access force.
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