... Perspectives
While the threat of escalation following an unfortunate scenario for these three incidents appears rather far-fetched, the 11
serious incidents with escalation risks
are even more fanciful. Most of them are related to different kinds of Russian aviation activities. In four cases Russian fighters intercepted and escorted American and Swedish reconnaissance planes, twice they flew around battleships in the Black Sea, and three training flights of bombers were recognized as
mock bombing raid missions
...
It is beyond a shadow of a doubt that dominance in the skies is now half the battle, as aviation power can both turn a war around, even if the enemy prevails on the ground as in Libya, and to defeat an opponent without any ground operation, or what we saw during the 1999 NATO mission in Yugoslavia. But supersonic jets operating thousands ...
... essential vis-à-vis other services, approaching in significance to strategic nuclear forces that have emerged only in the modern times. Hence, rearmament and reorganization of the navy is a concern for all major powers including Russia. As for naval aviation, a key navy component, its development may describe military plans of a state in much greater detail than any other process.
In the post-Soviet days, Russian naval aviation has gone through a most difficult period, when the formidable force of ...
State Support: Pros and Cons
Currently, about 80 companies from 20 countries offer products for the international civil aviation market. On the whole, companies from the U.S., Canada and Europe currently dominate production and sales. With the exception of Brazil, BRICS countries supply, for the most part, parts and appliances for the world's major manufacturers Airbus ...
