Unpicking the A2/AD threat

Air Power Association President, Air Marshal (Ret’d) Greg Bagwell CB, CBE examines the background to one of the latest buzzwords to enter the military lexicon: anti-access/area denial. Column Commander’s Update Briefing The EA-18G Growler represents a bespoke solution for countering the A2/AD threat. The jets, like this example from the US Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 ‘Dust Devils’, are equipped to ‘knock the door down’ by locating and targeting hostile air defence systems before engaging them with