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This article argues that the US needs a deterrence strategy to convince potential agressors that if the US is involved in a conflict, an aggressor will not be able to achieve air superiority—and, without air superiority, conventional offensive ground operations may find it almost impossible to succeed.Summary
This article by Maximillian K. Bremer and Kelly A. Grieco, writing for Defense News, makes the following points:
- Through a strategy of air denial, the US would not seek to gain air superiority.
- Instead would work with allies to implement a practical defence-in-vertical depth approach.
- This strategy involves layering the effects of cyber disruptions, electromagnetic jamming, ground-based air defences and drones.
- The addition of US mobile surface-to-air missiles would present an even more significant challenge for US adversaries.
References
References from the Web:
- JUN 2022 In Denial About Denial: Why Ukraine’s Air Success Should Worry The West—War on the Rocks
- AUG 2022 Air denial: The dangerous illusion of decisive air superiority—Atlantic Council
- SEP 2022 Mutual Denial of Air Superiority Could Benefit US in Future Conflict, Top USAF Planner Says—Air & Space Forces Magazine
