Counterair: The Cutting Edge

Abstract

This paper examines the counterair mission in 2025; what it is, what the threats are, and how we counter them. In the broadest sense, the counterair mission will not change in the next 30 years. The basic premise of air superiority, neutralizing or destroying an adversary's ability to control the skies, will remain intact. This paper examines the counterair mission by first performing an analysis of three different trajectories: (1) based on projections of current and programmed capability, (2) anything but inhabited aircraft, and (3) anything but aircraft at all performing the counterair mission solely with surface and space based systems. The results of this analysis will provide a basis of comparison for each.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA332678

Entities

People

  • Jim C. Bigham Jr
  • Michael M. Miller
  • Rick W. Lester
  • Stephen M. Tanous
  • Steven M. Jacobsmeyer

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • High Powered Microwave Weapons
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Systems
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space