Denying flight : : strategic options for employing no-fly zones / / Karl P. Mueller.
In the past two decades, the U.S. Air Force has participated in three contingencies involving no-fly zones (NFZs) over Bosnia, Iraq, and Libya, and NFZ proposals have been proffered for some time as an option for intervention in the Syrian civil war that would avoid placing Western troops on the gro...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Santa Monica, CA : : RAND,, [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (40 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Denying Flight: Strategic Options for Employing No-Fly Zones; Keeping Their Feet on the Ground: No-Fly Zones in Theory and Practice; No-Fly Zone Precursors; Bosnia: Operation Deny Flight; Iraq: Operations Provide Comfort, Northern Watch, and Southern Watch; Libya: Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector; Variations on the Theme NFZ; Drawing a Line in the Sky; Dealing with Air Defenses; No-Fly Zone Objectives, Limitations, and Options; Preventing the Use of Airpower; Coercing Adversaries; Preparing Future Battlefields
- Weakening Potential EnemiesPolitical Posturing; Signaling or Creating Commitment; Future Employment of No-Fly Zones; Maximizing Coercive Potential; Looking Toward Syria; Vectors for Future Research; References