[링크] 렉싱턴 연구소-미 공군의 전구타격능력 유지를 위한 5가지 요건

http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/library/resources/documents/Defense/GlobalPrecisionStrike.pdf

렉싱턴 연구소가 미 공군이 앞으로도 전구타격 능력을 갖추기 위한 5가지 단계를 제시 했습니다.

• A More Rapid Transition to a Fifth-Generation Tactical Fighter Fleet. The case for investing in fifth-generation platforms is unassailable. A sensible strategy would be one that reduces expenditures on legacy platforms in order to increase the number of F-35s acquired each year so that the total reaches approximately 1,000 by 2024.

• Develop and Deploy A Robust Complement of Precision Deep Strike Capabilities. Both the Air Force and the Navy need to invest in new capabilities to see and strike deep in the face of advanced air defenses. The critical steps are development and procurement of a large fleet of next-generation bombers, investment in sea-based cruise missiles and deployment of a highly capable Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike system.

• Invest in a Family of Advanced Weapons. New and modernized platforms are not enough to maintain U.S. dominance in air-based precision strike. Continuing preeminence will require investments in extremely precise, long-range, high speed and stealthy weapons to ensure the ability of U.S. forces to hold at risk the full range of targets in the face of the A2/AD threat.

• Connect Air, Sea and Ground Platforms and Systems. Advanced networks will be required to support distributed operations, the “combat cloud,” and near real-time sensor-shooter collaboration. The military services need to devote the required resources to achieving connectivity.

• Enhance Base Defense and Prepare for Proliferated Basing. Airbase resilience, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, is vitally important politically as well as militarily. Such resilience will be a function of increased investment in a combination of active defense, passive defense, attack operations and proliferated basing.