Trends in the Global Balance of Airpower. Supporting Data.

Abstract

The post-Cold War era has many implications for the way U.S. military forces will be sized, equipped, and balanced. The recent war in the Persian Gulf has given a new prominence to the role of airpower in that balance. The United States has, and is planning to maintain, overwhelming superiority in airpower. It is important to explore whether a U.S. military strategy based on airpower dominance is a prudent policy for the long term. The report assesses whether a future foe's airpower could check or stalemate U.S. airpower. The analysis seeks to shed light on whether other nations will seek to increase their emphasis on airpower or instead try to challenge the United States using other means.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA293609

Entities

People

  • Christopher J. Bowie
  • Kirninder Braich
  • Lory Arghavan
  • Marcy Agmon
  • Mary Morris

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Computational Chemistry Methods
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Governments
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Tornadoes
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.