Military aviation capabilities and limitations in intervention operations
Journal Title: Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Sztuki Wojennej - Year 2016, Vol 103, Issue 2
Abstract
The aim of this paper is the identification and description of the capabilities and limitations of military aviation in intervention operations. Over the last two decades, military aviation was treated by political decision-makers as a remedy for solving international crises and conflicts. Intervention operations with the participation of military aviation included: humanitarian intervention, crisis response operation and regional ethnic conflicts in many areas of the world. Short analysis of the above-mentioned operations shows a tendency for military aviation to possess attributes (capabilities) which distinguish it from other services. Doctrinal attributes describing military aviation, that is to say, speed, reach, height, ubiquity, agility and concertation, give the intervening coalition an advantage over the enemy from the beginning of the intervention. However, the doctrinal capabilities of military aviation in many cases are not sufficient for conducting air operations during an intervention. It is believed that military aviation may create other capabilities that are very important in the context of the political and military end state of intervention. These might be: possibility of enforcement of no-fly zones as an element of military deterrence, creation of psychological effects against the enemy, show of force or inputs to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. However, the most important capability of military aviation in intervention operations may be the ability for coercion, which allows politicians to put pressure on adversaries. There is no doubt that military aviation also possesses limitations which may reduce its capabilities during intervention operations. The most known of these are: impermanence, limited payload and vulnerability. Sometimes, these would also be political challenges connected with witnessing a given operation by individual countries or the international community. In a specific situation, they may limit or prevent conducting air operations in the area of operations.
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Tadeusz Zieliński
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