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For example, in an interview with “Hawk” Carlisle conducted earlier this year, the then
head of the US Pacific AF highlighted this opportunity:

Command and control are two words.

The way ahead is clearly a distributed force integrated through command and control whereby
one develops distributed mission tactical orders (with well understood playbooks) reflecting the
commander’s directions and then to have the ability to control the assets to ensure that the sen-
sors and shooters accomplish their mission.

Shaping an integrated enterprise is not a futuristic mission for the integration of Patriots, Aegis
and THAAD is already a work in progress, but General Carlisle sees the approach getting better
over time as new systems come to the Pacific, including a fleet of allied and US F-35s.

We need to get better at attack operations to take out the shooter.

How do we do that better?

It is clear that an F-35 fleet coupled with the new long range strike systems will play a key role
in that function.

We also need to shape game changers in terms of the missiles used to intercept missiles.

The current generation is expensive and we need to drive down the cost point for interceptors.

SM-6 is coming which is an important asset but DOD is working hard on ways to drive down
the cost of future interceptors.

And we are working the passive defense piece of the puzzle as well including hardening, con-
cealment, dispersal of assets, rapid runway repair and support for a fluid force operating in a dis-
tributed manner.

Secretary Wynne likened what will be set in motion by deploying an F-35 fleet and the
learning curve with regard to Tron Warfare as something akin to the WW I aviators
learning how to shoot bullets through the propellers – which was hardly a quick or easy
learning path.

Second Line of Defense December 2014

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