Airpower Projection in the Anti-Access/Area Denial Environment: Dispersed Operations

Abstract

This paper examines the difficulty with traditional power projection models in an Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) environment and offers an alternative, affordable, and practical solution to Combatant Commanders who seek to retain power projection capabilities in this new environment. The US Air Force has consolidated its global operations onto a dwindling number of forward bases that are increasingly held hostage to adversaries who are gaining precise and lethal technologies that can deny those bases the ability to generate airpower.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1012752

Entities

People

  • Russell S. Badowski

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Force Protection
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Organizations
  • Refueling
  • Security
  • Training
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies