The Future of NATO Airpower: How are Future Capability Plans Within the Alliance Diverging and How can...

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Justin Bronk

The Future of NATO Airpower

How are Future Capability Plans Within the Alliance Diverging and How can Interoperability be...

Justin Bronk

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Routledge
28 January 2020

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Politics & government; Warfare & defence

Series: Whitehall Papers

Airpower remains the cornerstone of NATO’s military advantage, so maintaining the ability to win air superiority over peer opponents in a conflict is key to long-term deterrence stability in both Europe and the Pacific. This Whitehall Paper examines the various modernisation and future capability development efforts being undertaken within NATO, and analyses the major threat systems and overall modernisation trends of the West’s main peer-competitors – Russia and China.

US airpower capability development efforts are increasingly focused on countering the growing challenge from the Chinese military in the Pacific. To meet this challenge, the Pentagon is planning to transform the way it operates across all domains over the next 15 years. New platforms, weapons systems and increasing automation of command and control threaten to leave NATO allies behind.

Current acquisition and modernisation plans of European air forces may eventually close the capability gap with current US theatre entry standard capabilities, but by then the US will have leapt ahead once more. Furthermore, many of the airpower capabilities which the US is pursuing for the Pacific theatre are significantly less relevant for the demands of deterrence against Russia in Europe. Given continuing dependence on US enablers on the part of other NATO members, a significant divergence in capability plans threatens to undermine crucial Alliance interoperability if not recognised and managed early.

By: Justin Bronk
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 167g
ISBN: 9780367468231
ISBN 10: 0367468239
Series: Whitehall Papers
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 28 January 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

This book examines the modernisation and future capability efforts within NATO vis-à-vis those of the West’s main peer competitors, Russia and China.

Justin Bronk is Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology in the Military Sciences team at RUSI. He is also Editor of RUSI Defence Systems. Justin has written on airpower issues for the RUSI Journal, RUSI Defence Systems, RUSI Newsbrief, the Journal of Strategic Studies and the RAF’s Air Power Journal, and contributes regularly to the international media. Justin is a part-time doctoral candidate at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London and holds an MSc in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA (Hons) in History from York University.