power projection

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power projection

The ability of a nation to apply all or some of its elements of national power - political, economic, informational, or military - to rapidly and effectively deploy and sustain forces in and from multiple dispersed locations to respond to crises, to contribute to deterrence, and to enhance regional stability. See also elements of national power.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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In what can be termed as nothing short of a myopic outlook to the entire region's trajectory, India's efforts at enhancing its force projection capabilities and tilting this delicate balance in its favour is replete with risks.
With this initiative, China has skillfully integrated economic, diplomatic, and informational instruments of national power while rapidly improving its military force projection capabilities and establishing its first enduring overseas bases.
We have recently used the opportunities presented by the Army's regionally aligned forces initiative to move units to test our deployment processes and force projection capabilities. Over multiple rotations, we saw faster and smoother deployments into the U.S.
* having the capability to defeat the force projection capabilities of countries in our immediate region
Chile is not the only Latin American nation said to be interested in upgrading its sea-based force projection capabilities. The Armada de la Republica Argentina (Argentine Navy) currently has two dedicated vessels for this role, the Hercules (a converted Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer) and the Bahia San Bias, which displaces 10,894 tonnes fully-loaded.
concerns regarding China's developing force projection capabilities, as well as misperceptions of the preemptive nature of Chinese military doctrine and campaign planning.
It provides transportation engineering and deployability analysis to maximize DOD force projection capabilities. The key processes of Deployability Engineering are Transportability Engineering, Force Modernization, Deployability Analysis and Transportation Infrastructure Engineering.
The report found, "China is in the midst of an extensive military modernization program aimed at building its force projection capabilities to confront U.S.
These interdependencies include joint command and control; joint fires and effects; joint force projection, with the Army being the most dependent of the services on joint force projection capabilities; joint air and missile defense; and joint sustainment, which is closely related to force projection since the services share the same lines of communication.
To enhance SOCOM's force projection capabilities, "we must continue to invest in programs to improve strategic mobility, force protection, research and development and information dominance," Holland said.
access and force projection capabilities. In addition, the demands of the war on terrorism, and U.S.
What have remained steady, however, are China's national objectives and Beijing's relentless efforts to upgrade the force projection capabilities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

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