Control of the Syrian airspace
| Titel: | Control of the Syrian airspace : Russian geopolitical ambitions and air threat assessment / Can Kasapoğlu ; Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Berlin : SWP, April 2018 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (4 Seiten) |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
SWP comment ; Nr. 14 |
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| Zusammenfassung: |
Zusammenfassung: 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 opera-tional 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 becomingan extremely crucial issue, and it will be a determining factor for the war-torn country’s future status quo |
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