Comment | Stellungnahme
Control of the Syrian airspace: Russian geopolitical ambitions and air threat assessment
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)
- ISSN
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1861-1761
- Extent
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Seite(n): 4
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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SWP Comment (14/2018)
- Subject
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Politikwissenschaft
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Syrien
Bürgerkrieg
militärische Intervention
Russland
Auslandseinsatz
Geopolitik
Bedrohung
Luftverkehr
NATO
Militär
arabische Länder
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Kasapoglu, Can
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
- (where)
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Deutschland, Berlin
- (when)
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2018
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57103-3
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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- Stellungnahme
Associated
- Kasapoglu, Can
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Time of origin
- 2018
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