The growing cruise and ballistic missile threat to U.S. Air Force (USAF) bases in the Pacific has led the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) to assess progress on air base defense. Air bases, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region,
are increasingly vulnerable to current and evolving threats from China and other actors. Although such vulnerabilities are well-known, air base defense has not kept pace with the continued technological threats to air bases and other military installations.
In this report, RAND researchers provide a clear-eyed assessment of what progress the joint force has made on air base defense and offer recommendations moving forward.
They put together a streamlined effort to answer the following questions: To what extent have the services, particularly the USAF,
invested in air base defense in recent years, and what does this level of investment suggest about commitments to defending air bases? They also probe the issue of how the USAF can and should prioritize investments in air base defense moving forward. They specifically focus on the Indo-Pacific Command theater to assess how the USAF can allocate resources across the investment options.
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