Strategic defence

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Strategic defence is a type of

shipping lane traffic as a form of economic warfare

Strategic defense is not always passive in nature. In fact, it often involves

pre-emptive strategies. All forms of military defense are included in the planning, and often civil defense

organisations are also included.

In military theory, strategic defense thinking seeks to understand and appreciate the theoretical and historical background to any given war or conflict scenario facing the decision-makers at the highest level. Therefore, to fully understand strategic defense activities, analysts need to have a detailed understanding of the relevant geopolitical and socioeconomic challenges and issues that faced the nation state or large organization being studied.

Some of the more common issues encountered by strategic defense planners include:

Problems of security and confidence-building in interstate relationships in the strategic neighbourhood
National defense policy
Arms
weapon systems
in question
Policy advice to the higher levels of the national defense organisation
The strategic implications of developments in the nation's geographic region
Reviewing security agenda and formulating a new one if necessary

Strategic defense is also a predominant

threats to security to ensure adequate warning is provided to bring defense forces to a state of combat readiness

In terms of combat scale, a strategic defensive is considered a

sieges by the defender or the attacker as a means of securing strategic initiative

The strategic goal of a strategic defensive may require a conduct of an offensive operation far removed from the main national territory, such as the case with the 1982 Falklands campaign, which sets logistics apart as the dominant consideration in strategic defensive as a doctrine.^[3]

Notes

^ p.64, Dupuy
^ p.64, Dupuy
^ pp.249-288, Thompson

Sources

Dupuy, Trevor N., Understanding War: Military History And The Theory Of Combat, Leo Cooper, New York, 1986
Thompson, Julian, Lifeblood of war: logistics in armed conflict, Brassey's Classics, London, 1991

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