Combat Air Power: Funding Priority for Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses May Be too Low.

Abstract

In March 1996, the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a classified report on the Department of Defense's (DOD) requirements, capabilities, and plans for conducting airborne suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD). This is an unclassified summary of that report. Airborne SEAD has been a critical component of U.S. combat alr power fo many years. As part of a broad effort to assess the current and projected U.S. combat air power capabilities, GAO sought to determine whether: (1) SEAD is important in the current and anticipated national security environment and (2) SEAD capabilities will be adequate in terms of the anticipated threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA306883

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Radiation Missiles
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Warfare
  • House Of Representatives
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies