The Strategic Merits of Airpower
LTC Tan, Kian Seng
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Until the introduction of the air dimension in the early 1900s, wars have primarily been fought either on land or sea. Air battle has since offered a third dimension in warfighting, without the need to deploy huge force, unlike the typical conventional land or sea battles. It is unique in its ability to achieve the strategic objectives in a speedy and precise manner. This essay aims to show that Mark Clodfelter’s statement concerning airpower is inaccurate—that it is not true that the modern vision of airpower centres only on the destructiveness of its arsenal and equipment and not on its efficacy as as a political instrument. The article also briefly discusses the possibility of land and sea power replacing airpower.
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Pointer Vol. 41, No. 2
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Pointer Article ; Vol. 41, No. 2
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English
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129573