Pentagon’s ‘Air-Sea Battle’ Plan Explained. Finally.

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The U.S.S. Barry fires its MK-45 5-inch 54mm cannon during an exercise. Photo: U.S. Navy

In 2009, the Navy and the Air Force introduced a new concept for fighting called “Air-Sea Battle.”
Three years later, even Pentagon insiders are still completely baffled by it.
Popular consensus says Air-Sea Battle, or ASB, is one of the Pentagon’s plans to counter China, which is getting better and better at throwing up roadblocks for an invading force and eroding an aggressor’s ability to enter a contested territory. (The Taiwan Straits, for example.)
It’s true: China –along with Iran and North Korea — were obviously considered when the ASB concept was developed. But they are not explicit targets.
In fact, ASB isn’t even a doctrine or a strategy. It won’t produce a manual or a battle plan.


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