1. Control of the Syrian airspace: Russian geopolitical ambitions and air threat assessment
- Author
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Kasapoglu, Can and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
- Subjects
air traffic ,NATO ,Auslandseinsatz ,Politikwissenschaft ,Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ,civil war ,Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy ,Bedrohung ,geopolitics ,Luftraumpräsenz im Ausland ,Luftraum (Hoheitsgebiet) ,Militärische Bedrohungsanalyse ,Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik) ,Russia ,Geopolitik ,military intervention ,militärische Intervention ,threat ,Political science ,arabische Länder ,military ,Militär ,Syria ,Arab countries ,Luftverkehr ,deployment overseas ,ddc:320 ,Syrien ,Russland ,Bürgerkrieg - Abstract
Russia has mounted its anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) footprint in the Levant and also boosted the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force’s capabilities. Syrian skies now remain a heavily contested combat airspace and a dangerous flashpoint. Moreover, there is another grave threat to monitor at low altitudes. Throughout the civil war, various non-state armed groups have acquired advanced man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), which pose a menacing challenge not only to the deployed forces, but also to commercial aviation around the world. In the face of these threats, NATO needs to draw key lessons-learned from the contemporary Russian operational art, and more importantly, to develop a new understanding in order to grasp the emerging reality in Syria. Simply put, control of the Syrian airspace is becoming an extremely crucial issue, and it will be a determining factor for the war-torn country’s future status quo. (author's abstract)
- Published
- 2018