Chile and Argentina: Asymmetrical Air Force Modernization and the Building of Confidence.

Abstract

In the current environment, neither the United States, nor any other government, can effectively set a ceiling on aviation technology flowing to South America and its Southern Cone. Limits will come on the demand side because current supply is simply too great. Instead of trying to artificially limit supply of military aircraft, interested governments should put their political and diplomatic energies into initiatives to build political and economic stability in the region. In the military sphere, they can do so by promoting multilaterial service to service contracts and concrete political initiatives, such as a resolution of the last border dispute between Chile and Argentina, that will lessen the importance of military power in assisting regional security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA327132

Entities

People

  • Kevin M. O'reilly

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • International Law
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Economics
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.