#deterrence-strategy

#deterrence-strategy

The high-mobility artillery systems (HIMARS) will be stationed on the Penghu archipelago and Dongyin - two strategically exposed outposts positioned close to China's eastern seaboard - in what military planners describe as an effort to create a forward "dead zone" designed to deter any potential amphibious assault.

Silver drone boats scanned the azure waters for targets, rocket artillery rounds blasted out from behind sand dunes, mortars and machine guns raked the surf, and generator-powered air conditioners and tents cooled stacks of data servers on the beach, as U.S. and allied forces practiced repelling an amphibious assault.