Information Is Not a Weapons System
In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 39, Heft 5-6, S. 820-846
ISSN: 1743-937X
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In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 39, Heft 5-6, S. 820-846
ISSN: 1743-937X
In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 39, Heft 5-6, S. 820-846
ISSN: 0140-2390
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In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 129, Heft 1, S. 136-138
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 129, Heft 1, S. 136-138
ISSN: 0032-3195
In: The journal of strategic studies, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 255-289
ISSN: 1743-937X
Since the end of the Cold War the United States and other major powers have wielded their air forces against much weaker state and non-state actors. In this age of primacy, air wars have been contests between unequals and characterized by asymmetries of power, interest, and technology. This volume examines ten contemporary wars where air power played a major and at times decisive role. Its chapters explore the evolving use of unmanned aircraft against global terrorist organizations as well as more conventional air conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and against ISIS. Air superiority could be assumed in this unique and brief period where the international system was largely absent great power competition. However, the reliable and unchallenged employment of a spectrum of manned and unmanned technologies permitted in the age of primacy may not prove effective in future conflicts.