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...Essays Introduction: The Protraction and Prolongation of Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Karl P. Magyar Iran-Iraq: Protracted Conflict, Prolonged War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WHAT IS A REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS (RMA)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WHAT WERE THE NOTIONS OF THE FIRST AIRPOWER ADVOCATES OF RMA? . . . . . . . .4 HOW DID RMA WORK OUT IN WARS FROM 1939 TO 1972?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 KOREA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 VIE...

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... Edited by Alan Stephens RAAF Aerospace Centre In cooperation with the RAAF Aerospace Centre Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, A... ...ersity PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama January 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataThe war in the air, 1914-1994 / e... ...ary 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataThe war in the air, 1914-1994 / edited by Alan Stephens ; in cooperation with theRAAF ... ...n are solely those ofthe author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States AirForce, the Department of Defense, o... ... Britainabout 1760, it had not reached Russia until 1895, when hernewfound French ally began to pump in capital to developmanufacturing. But the exten... ...ttle that could be done to develop one.Thus, it relied heavily on imported French air materiel, andalthough it had a large population scattered about,... ...gh at Caporetto inOctober–November 1917, after a long series of indecisive battleson the Isonzo. With its flanks protected by the sea and Alliednaval ... ...that theGerman air force was increasingly unable to intervene in theground battles. Yet even in the vital matter of photographicreconnaissance, German... ...ry limited terms, was not possible. Second, the high command, in a time of revolutionary tech-nological change, faced a daunting challenge. To exercis...

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...s com- mission and wings in November 1918. After a tour in the Philippines, he returned to Langley F... ...1925 with a subsequent assignment in December 1928 to attend the Air Corps Tactical School. Retained o... ...ined on the faculty as a bombardment in- structor, Walker became the epitome of the strategic thinkers at the school a... ...itome of the strategic thinkers at the school and coined the revolutionary airpower “creed of the bomber”: ... ...trategic thinkers at the school and coined the revolutionary airpower “creed of the bomber”: “A well-planned, well-org... ...gic Loneliness . . . . . . . . 10 Pragmatic National Interest Replaces Revolutionary Ideology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...re of NIOC, five US companies split another 40 per-cent, and the remainder went to Dutch and French firms.26 TheWestern companies kept the books, but ... ...rned off the spigot tomor-row, Hezbollah would continue fighting its own political andsocial battles in Lebanon. As one noted scholar put it, Iran wil... ... Bahram Mostaghimi and Masoud Taromsari, “Double Stan-dard: The Security Council and the Two Wars,” in Iranian Perspectives, 62–72. 41. See texts of ...

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...The term real-time information into the cockpit (RTIC) involves systems capabilities required to provide aircrews timely and essential off-board information to allow mission adjustments in response to rapidly changing combat ...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 THE AIR TASKING PROCESS TODAY . . . . . . . . . . 7 SENSOR-TO-SHOOTER CAPABILITY . . . . . . . . . . 17 ENHANCING JFACC TARGETING FLEXIBILITY . . . . . . 27 A LOOK TO THE FUTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 BIBLIOGRAP...

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...Organizational Concepts forthe Sensor-to-Shooter WorldThe Impact of Real-Time Information on Airpower Targeting WILLIAM G. CHA... ... on Airpower Targeting WILLIAM G. CHAPMAN, Major, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF ... ...USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AI... ... within are solely those of theauthor(s), and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States AirForce, the Department of ... ...n, integration,and conduct of strategies, campaigns, major operations, and battles. This thesis assesses the capabilities of RTIC from two perspective... ...t concludes that the impact on the airtasking process is evolutionary, not revolutionary—current RTIC capabilities remainlargely dependent on human-in... ...n, integration, and conduct of strategies, campaigns, majoroperations, and battles.1 This process concludes at the tactical level with theemployment o... ...ented by those from tethered observation balloons as earlyas 1792 when the French employed them against Austrian-Prussian forces atValmy.3 The airplan... ... by the Gulf War, but it may not have the flexibility necessaryfor today’s wars or for those of the future. In its concluding chapter oncommand and co...

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...This study concludes airpower will play an increasingly dominant role in future US contingency responses. Power projection is defined as the finite application of military power by national command authority to achieve discrete political ends outside the borders of the United States, its territories, and possessions. Power projection contingencies are characte...

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...OL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES POWER PROJECTION: MAKING THE TOUGH CHOICES By Major Mark A... ...LABAMA DISCLAIMERThe views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air University principlesof academic fr... ...AMA DISCLAIMERThe views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air University principlesof academic freed... ...r Air University principlesof academic freedom and do not reflect official views of the School of Advanced AirpowerStudies, Air University, the U.S. A... ... the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Navy had a fleet that included six battleships, twelve cruisers, and numerous gunboats, torpedo boats, ... ...ttempts to break the coalition, win the war of words, and wage "themother of all battles" may have succeeded. This is not to imply that Desert Stor... ...rug trade. While Communism hasvirtually ceased to act as a vehicle for fomenting revolutionary movements, insurgencies will byno means become a thing ... ...7). Professor Weigley traces the history of American military conflict from the Revolutionary through the Vietnam Wars. His major theme centers on wh... ...air attacks. 71The HMS Sheffield was gutted by a single French-made Exocet missile. Naval apologists claimspecial circumstanc...