Matthew Olay
Yesterday, during the 2025 Land Forces Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu, the U.S. military's senior leader in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility discussed ways the Army contributes to the joint force's overall mission throughout the region.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said "fires" or weapons systems that strike targets are the capability he needs the most.
"The ability to deliver fast, accurate and lethal fires across domains is fundamental," he said.
Paparo referenced China's potential invasion of Taiwan as an example, noting that U.S. maritime and air superiority aren't necessarily needed to prevent an invasion. Rather, the joint force needs the capability to deny China's use of the Taiwan Strait.
"And the Army's fires capability, integrated with the … joint force, is essential to deny that zone by imposing devastating costs [to China]," he added.
Paparo also said that, over the past nine years, the Army has risen to meet a challenge issued by a previous Indo-Pacom commander to forge a capability to "Sink ships, neutralize satellites, shoot down missiles and deny the enemy's command and control."
"The Army responded decisively [to the challenge] with the creation of multidomain task forces," Paparo said.
He added that there are currently MDTFs in the field bringing land-based capability to oppose the enemy's command, control, communications, computers and information systems' surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities.
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