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Control of the Syrian airspace: Russian geopolitical ambitions and air threat assessment
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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 altitude... view more
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)... view less
Keywords
Syria; civil war; military intervention; Russia; deployment overseas; geopolitics; threat; air traffic; NATO; military; Arab countries
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Luftraumpräsenz im Ausland; Luftraum (Hoheitsgebiet); Militärische Bedrohungsanalyse; Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 14/2018
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications