The nature of modern-day threats including those in the virtual dimension challenges traditional anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) strategies. But how should we advance A2/AD to defy these multifaceted threats? This edition of Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies (NLARMS) presents original conceptual as well as technological approaches to A2/AD. The volume explores novel ideas for a modern take on A2/AD, thereby contributing to the advancement of A2/AD. With the insights presented, the book proposes a new attitude towards A2/AD that is suitable to face the threats of the present time.
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Foreword by the Dean of the Faculty of Military Sciences of the
Netherlands Defence Academy Patrick Oonincx
Foreword by the Netherlands Military Representative to the NATO and EU
Military Committees General Dick van Ingen
Introduction Roy Hamans, Marc Gouw, Edwin Dado, René Janssen and Kerry
Malone
Chapter
1. Strategic Blind Spots in A2/AD Analysis Peter van Maurik
Chapter
2. Restoring NATO's decision dominance: countering A2/AD's
evolution from shields to systems through joint all adaption Roy Hamans and
Robert Bertrand
Chapter
3. Anti-Access/Area Denial - Prevailing Over the Threats and
Challenges Rémon ten Bhömer, Andreas Hörnedal, Simon Purton, Stian Betten and
Petteri Puusa
Chapter
4. The threat of hypersonic glide vehicles in A2/AD scenarios
Ralph Savelsberg, Mitchell Kampert and Arthur Vermeulen
Chapter
5. Multi-band Neutralization of Drones with High-Power Microwave
RADAR Technology: A Multi-Domain Approach for Anti-Access and Area Denial
Joost van Oostrum
Chapter
6. Electromagnetic dominance, invisible cornerstone of modern
A2/AD Susan Varenbrink and Alexander Schmets
Chapter
7. Navigation Warfare: Access denial to Position, Navigation and
Timing information Barend Lubbers
Chapter
8. Smart prioritization for detecting, tracking and neutralizing
targets in swarming attacks Mark Voskuijl, Ronald Nijboer, Martijn
Scherpenzeel, Tomas van Summeren, Jory Veldman and Denise Mollink
Chapter
9. When models meet war: OR and AI robustness for Western doctrine
in A2/AD Ramon Soesan, Mark Patrick Roeling and Roy Lindelauf
Chapter
10. Navigating Contested Airspace: Multi-Objective Path
Optimization for UAVs in A2/AD Environments - Decision-Support through
Pareto-Based Trade-Off Analysis Alexander van Oers, Jochem van Dam and
Relinde Jurrius
Chapter
11. Hydraulic Warfare: Low-Tech Area Denial in High-Tech Conflicts
Sebastiaan Leertouwer, Alexander Schmets, Danny Janssen, Dennis Krabbenborg
and Edwin Dado
Chapter
12. Geography as an Adaptable Strategic Enabler: Military
Engineering within Multi-Domain Operations Johan Kranenburg and Ruud Moeskops
Chapter
13. The critical state of cyberspace Hans-Dieter Hiep
Chapter
14. Decision Making for Resilient Logistics in Anti-Access/Area
Denial (A2/AD) Herman Monsuur, Paul van Fenema and Kerry Malone
Chapter
15. Self-Defence Zones in Outer Space under International Law: A
Lawful A2/AD Measure? Louisa Handel-Mazzetti, Arjen Vermeer and Marten
Zwanenburg
Chapter
16. Shooting for the stars, falling in the ratings: Missile tests
and country risk Jeroen Klomp
Discussion and Conclusions Edwin Dado, René Janssen, Kerry Malone, Roy
Hamans and Marc Gouw
About the Editors
About the Authors
Edwin Dado is Associate Professor of Military Engineering at the Netherlands Defence Academy. His current research interests include hydraulic warfare, area denial and force protection engineering.
Rene Janssen is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Operations Research at the Faculty of Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy. His research interest focusses on network theory and stochastics related to military operations research.
Roy Hamans is Assistant Professor of Defence Economics at the Faculty of Military Sciences, Netherlands Defence Academy. His expertise lies at the intersection of innovation, technology, strategy, and finance, with a focus on challenging environments. Drawing on experience in both the private sector and government, he holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from IMD Lausanne, among other qualifications.
Marc Gouw is a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Netherlands Army and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy. He teaches within the field of military operational sciences, focusing on military operations in warfighting scenarios. His research is currently dedicated to understanding modern land warfare, notably the interplay between military intelligence and targeting.
Kerry Malone is a Senior Scientist at TNO, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Defence Academy. Her interests include methodologies to assess supply and logistics concepts in a defence context. Kerry is a national scientific representative in the NATO Science and Technology Systems Analysis and Studies Panel.
