Aerial warfare

While the world may be no more dangerous than it was during the height of the Cold War, globalization compounded by rapid technological change has increased the complexity and immediacy of conflicts. This “democratization of violence” along with the increasing “velocity of instability” has in turn heightened demands on the capability of the U.S. Joint Force to defend the homeland, project power, and protect our interests and allies around the world. This paper briefly reviews the global…

It is with deep concern that I, as the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), need to engage you in a serious foreign affairs situation so early in your new presidency. You are fully aware of the overall concerns in Cuba from your security briefings, but I need to bring to your attention our uneasiness over Cuba and Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s forceful move towards communism. First, you know we were never pleased at Castro’s rise to power. Yet, although we were suspicious of his intentions,…

It is imperative that the Marines retain the skills honed from fifteen years of combined arms and irregular warfare, but shift their focus back to amphibious assault in contrast to a protracted role of a standing army. The advantages of an extensive maritime global commons presence enable a power projection and influence ashore. The disadvantages encompass the…

Special Weapons To avoid defeat, Iraq sought out every possible weapon. This included developing a self-sustaining capability to produce militarily significant quantities of chemical warfare agents. In the defense, integrating chemical weapons offered a solution to the masses of lightly armed Basif and Posdoran. Chemical weapons were singularly effective when used on troop assembly areas and supporting artillery. When conducting offensive operations, Iraq routinely supported the attacks with…

would be beneficial. One example of this was in 1980 when he gave a briefing to the Marine Amphibious Warfare School about the patterns of conflict. He was able to effectively communicate the value to the instructor, which caused him to change the curriculum for the course. He asked Boyd to help them develop a new tactics manual. The Concepts used later became the marine model for maneuver warfare. 8. It is because of John Boyd’s communication skills that he has become the figure he is today.…

Advancements in aerial remotely piloted vehicles and satellite communications technology has allowed the integration of U.S. intelligence and U.S. Air Force operations to target and eliminate enemies on the ground without risk to flight crews. Deadly lethal and operated by U.S. Air Force personnel in the United States, targeted killings by predator drone strikes have become the weapon of choice while the legality of targeted killings is subject to much debate. Like judicial precedence, it has…

innovations are emerging to create more efficient solutions to our problems, especially in terms of warfare. Weapons and tactics continue to evolve with time and experience, but with these progressions come hesitancy and controversy about their reliability and morality. Drone combat is one form of new fighting methods that have caused a lot of uproar within communities. Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are unmanned aircrafts used by the United States since 2002 to target suspected…

leadership, would be the most effective way to stop an enemy by paralysis. He stated the need to gain air superiority first and that the enemy can adapt and change according to their environment as they did in Germany. The key is to use parallel warfare in which the environment so rapidly changes that adjustments cannot be…

system. Increased Naval and Air investments in submarines, ships, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV’s) is critical. The Navy and Air Force allows us to project power to areas of the world…

versatile and flexible of the various elements of military power. These concepts, coupled with landpower’s recognized interdependency on the other elements of military power, explain the extraordinary jointness of the American way of conducting land warfare. This interdependence and jointness are the keys to understanding what landpower is both well suited for, and ill-suited to accomplish. It also informs not only how the U.S. Army and Marines organized to fight in the Pacific during WWII, but…