The long flight times and overflight permissions are an important planning and execution factor for consideration.
Navy maintains an almost constant presence in the region with an carrier strike group as well as naval vessels with cruise missile capability. Air Force has long range bombers and the U.S. In addition, these bases can support a CT ground force that can stage on a base in the Middle East and then strike a target in Afghanistan. has a number of air bases and facilities in the Middle East region that have a substantial number of fighter, bomber, surveillance, and tanker aircraft and drones that can hit targets in Afghanistan. Of course, Russia continues to exert significant influence in the region so geopolitical concerns have to be taken into account. A discussion about permanent or temporary basing in one of those countries was likely on the meeting agenda. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken hosted Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Kamilow and Tajikistan Foreign Minister Muhriddin in Washington, D.C on July 1, 2021. In fact, this has been a topic of discussion among national security gurus.
For a number of years the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan hosted U.S. Or it could be the establishment of a small base manned by a minimal number of support staff to accommodate a CT force to come in, set up, and then conduct an operation. CT forces to deploy for the length of a mission. Iran and Pakistan are not among these countries. counterterrorist forces on a permanent or temporary basis. There are a few neighboring countries that might host U.S. One ready for occupation that could quickly transition to a forward operation base for SOF units.īase in Central Asia. In fact, an arrangement could be made that establishes a ‘warm base’ or ‘cold base’ at either Bagram or the Kabul airport. However, it is certainly plausible that a CT strike and support package could fly into the Kabul airport (with the permission of the Afghan government) and set up a temporary base long enough to hit a terrorist target in Afghanistan. In addition, the significant intelligence capability of the military and other intelligence agencies has been severely diminished. military presence is at the international airport in Kabul and perhaps at a location near to the U.S. The huge air base at Bagram Air Field (BAF) has now been turned over to the Afghans. The ability to hit specific terrorist targets in Afghanistan is hindered by the lack of bases from which to operate from in Afghanistan. It has evolved into a very proficient killing machine that can conduct offshore, over the horizon counterterrorism (CT) operations. JSOCs achievements in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, and around the world are well documented. The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) has proven to be extremely effective in eliminating terrorist threats whenever it has targeted them.
Over the horizon professional#
The United States has the most professional counterterrorism capability in the world. The second is the ability to provide training, advise, assistance, and support to the Afghan security ministries and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) from outside Afghanistan. One is the ability to hit terrorist targets and threats inside Afghanistan from bases or assets outside of Afghanistan. The Department of Defense and national security commentators have been using over the horizon (OTH) in two contexts when discussing Afghanistan. A term that has seen an increased level of use is ‘Over the Horizon’.
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