Gaining Entry: Countering China’s Anti-Access Area-Denial Strategy

Will Staton
12 min readJan 10, 2019

Defense 101: Do Not Enter

Denying the enemy into his intended sphere of operations is not a new strategy. For millennia, military commanders have attempted to choose the field of battle, worked to prevent foes from entering their territory, and built uncountable bastions to secure territory. Territorial integrity is and has always been vital to power…

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Will Staton

Career Educator. Author of “Through Fire and Flame: Into the New Inferno.” Bylines at Arc Digital, Areo Magazine, and the Strategy Bridge.