Recasting the vision

Article Abstract:

The Air Force's new vision statement details how the service perceives itself to be and the directions it is heading towards in the future. The new vision considers military air power and space power as being complementary rather than competitive. It describes a service operating within an integrated aerospace domain, which stretches from the Earth's surface to the outer reaches of space. Vigilance in the new Air Force includes intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and aerospace forces on alert and watch everywhere, from inter-continental ballistic missile sites to no-fly zones.

Dept of the Air Force

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Assumptions fall in Kosovo

Article Abstract:

NATO's Operation Allied Force air campaign against Serbian forces in Yugoslavia was to raise a number of issues. Foremost among these were the differences in diplomatic and military objectives that led to a prolonged campaign rather than an abbreviated air strike. These include the wisdom of the decision not to deploy ground troops in Kosovo. Questions about the adequacy and sustainability of US armed forces in an extended conflict also arose. NATO's ability to effectively conduct a military campaign was also placed in doubt.

Yugoslavia, Military Alliances, Alliances (Government relations)

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The ups and downs of counterforce

Article Abstract:

A major issue for the US in the Cold War was whether to target nuclear weapons mainly on the enemy force or on the enemy's cities. Counterforce and countervalue were the two basic targeting concepts used by the US forces, where counterforce emphasized strikes on the enemy's military forces, installations and assets and countervalue centered on the enemy's economy and population.

Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Nuclear Ordnance & Equip, Defense Operations & Maintenance, Dept of the Army, Usage, History, Military policy, United States. Army, Nuclear weapons, Military administration, Cold War, 1945-1991

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