The Changing Role of Aerospace Power in the 21st Century

Abstract

Despite the end of the Cold War, the world had not become more peaceful as many had hoped. Regional turmoil and violent hotspots have become more prevelant and the number of potential threats to US vital interests has increased. In response to this 'centrifugal whirlwind' of nationalism, ethnic strife and religious militancy, the international community is increasingly intervening under the auspices of the UN as peacekeepers or peacemakers. American leadership and military capability has proven instrumental as recently demonstrated in Iraq and Somalia. The future will prove no less challenging as the nature of conflict becomes less conventional and more ambiguous. Blurring between peace and war will be more pronounced as peacemaking, peacekeeping, and humanitarian missions become more of the norm. Aerospace power has a robust future as a key element of American strategy if there is a realistic doctrinal framework to match these new challenges of the 21st century

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA283136

Entities

People

  • Shawn C. Mcelroy

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Nonlethal Weapons
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space