BEIJING (AP) — Navy planners in Washington and elsewhere might be taking note of new missile know-how displayed by China, significantly a hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed able to breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the U.S. and its allies. And third, military planners assume by way of operational elements,†namely space, time, and power. To prevail in a given theater, commanders must stage sufficient force in a particular geographic area for long enough to perform the goals entrusted to them by senior navy and political leadership. That may mean mustering sufficient energy to defeat hostile forces on the scene; it might mean deploying simply sufficient force to balk an opponent’s technique and stave off defeat. Denying an enemy leisure and elbow room limits its capability to convey armed force to bear, fulfilling its mission. It confers operational and strategic advantage on the competitor able to management these operational … Read more