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Counter-C5ISR and Long Range Fires Top of Paparo’s List to Deter China

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

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Counter-C5ISR and Long Range Fires Top of Paparo’s List to Deter China

The USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was the first destroyer to fire a Naval Strike Missile during the Pacific Rim exercise last July 18 (U.S. Navy Photo)

To deter China, long-range fires and counter command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) are top priorities for U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday. "Counter-C5ISR in cyber, space, and counter space to ensure that the United States can see, understand, decide, act, assess, and learn faster than the PRC [People's Republic of China] can [in order] to enhance our ability to blind,…

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