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Asymmetrisk luftmakt
Swedish Defence University.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Previous research regarding asymmetrical warfare has usually not considered airpower, meanwhile previous researchers and theorists of airpower oversee the small nations circumstances in aerial warfare. Therefore, this paper will analyze the asymmetrical factors connected to small nations airpower. The air forces that are going to be analyzed are Israeli Air Force during the six-day war and the Iraqi Air Force during Operation Desert Storm. The analysis will be conducted by applying the theory of SPOT-Bombing by Shaun Clarke in a case study. The paper seeks to highlight and see which of the asymmetrical factors contribute to success for small nations air forces in conflicts with a larger enemy. The results indicate that IAF: s ability to fulfill factors such as tempo, effect, asymmetrical response, minimizing casualties, initiative and use of other methods all contributed to the success during the six- day war while IrAF only partially managed to fulfill the factors minimizing casualties and use of other methods. Some conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis are that some factors seem to be more important than others. It also shows that there is a correlation between the factors, where fulfilling one of them contributes to fulfilling others. The paper also finds that Clarke’s theory does not present all factors regarding asymmetrical airpower. More research on the subject may contribute to better understanding of the asymmetrical factors. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 34
Keywords [sv]
Asymmetrisk konflikt, luftmakt, luftmaktsteori, IAF, Israel, IrAF, Irak
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Other Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-12419OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-12419DiVA, id: diva2:1865972
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War Studies, Thesis
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Officersprogrammet (OP)
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2024-06-07 Created: 2024-06-05 Last updated: 2024-06-07Bibliographically approved

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