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anti-access/area-denial
![Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime? Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4189203.jpg)
Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime?
By Robert Farley
Blockading mainland China presents a range of strategic setbacks for the United States.
![Yes, the Aircraft Carrier Is Still Viable Yes, the Aircraft Carrier Is Still Viable](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-04_05-39-23.jpg)
Yes, the Aircraft Carrier Is Still Viable
By Michael Carl Haas
U.S. flattops are not significantly more vulnerable today. It is our frame of reference that has changed.
![Don’t Write Taiwan’s Air Force Off Just Yet Don’t Write Taiwan’s Air Force Off Just Yet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-13_13-33-20.jpg)
Don’t Write Taiwan’s Air Force Off Just Yet
By Michal Thim and Liao Yen-Fan
Taiwan needs anti-access strategy, but it also needs an air force to complement it.
![Can the US Navy Actually Afford to Keep Its Aircraft Carriers? Can the US Navy Actually Afford to Keep Its Aircraft Carriers?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-13_12-51-53.jpg)
Can the US Navy Actually Afford to Keep Its Aircraft Carriers?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
It is unlikely that the US Navy will abandon its carrier fleet in the years ahead, yet maintaining it will be costly.
![Nuclear Bombers in an A2/AD World Nuclear Bombers in an A2/AD World](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-20_23-14-51.jpg)
Nuclear Bombers in an A2/AD World
By Zachary Keck
Anti-access/area-denial capabilities will not impact the nuclear mission of America’s bomber fleet.
![Bases for America’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance Bases for America’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-02_09-50-46.jpg)
Bases for America’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance
By Carnes Lord and Andrew S. Erickson
Part one of a two-part series evaluating the evolving network of US bases in the Asia-Pacific.
![Air-Sea Battle: A Dangerous Way to Deal with China Air-Sea Battle: A Dangerous Way to Deal with China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/12528_525386acb93d6.jpg)
Air-Sea Battle: A Dangerous Way to Deal with China
Air-Sea Battle seems a particularly risky response to China’s growing capabilities, and of questionable necessity.
![Move, Countermove in the Anti-Access Game Move, Countermove in the Anti-Access Game](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sizes/thumbnail/6832_5243b1387b3bf.jpg)
Move, Countermove in the Anti-Access Game
New technologies like unmanned surface ships could put a dent in some nation’s anti-access plans.
![Anti-Access on the Korean Peninsula Anti-Access on the Korean Peninsula](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/7078_5243b2fd452d9.jpg)
Anti-Access on the Korean Peninsula
North Korea confronts probably the hardest anti-access challenge of any coastal defender.
![The Home Team Anti-Access Advantage The Home Team Anti-Access Advantage](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/7522_5243b5e759092.jpg)
The Home Team Anti-Access Advantage
Why A2/AD is a Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome version of the NCAA or NFL.
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