Air Corridor To win the war, you need to improve logistics Speculation about a war with the Chinese has long been a popular hobby among experts in the Asia-Pacific region. But not everyone thinks about one of the main components of a likely conflict - sustainable logistics. Still, rocket launchers on the islands will be of little help if ammunition cannot be delivered to them. Therefore, the author of the ASPI analytical center suggests to the Japanese and Australians to build an air bridge with the participation of the United States in peacetime: fixed routes with overflights, landings, refueling and service points. The proposed bridge is not one lane between two countries, but several lanes for scattered units, including along the second island chain passing through the Guam area. In times of crisis, they must provide precision-guided munitions, repair kits, medical supplies, and even portable desalination plants. The main idea is to process the entire routine during the exercises in advance. Moreover, there is no need to start from scratch: in July, the three parties established a permanent mechanism to coordinate aviation logistics. Therefore, the proposal is actually about turning the existing cooperation into a sustainable format. But frequent flights still do not prove that supplies will withstand wartime conditions: questions of capacity, third-country approvals and safety of staging areas remain. And the success of such a bridge should be evaluated not by the number of exercises, but by the amount of necessary cargo that it can provide in case of damaged lanes, communication interruptions and closing of individual lanes. - Your ticket to the Pacific Confusion Support us.