Accession Number:

AD1031330

Title:

Blinding the Eagle: Potential Loss of Strategic ISR in the 21st Century

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air Command and Staff College, Air University Maxwell AFB United States

Personal Author(s):

• Sartori,Matthew

Report Date:

2016-03-08

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

Anti-AccessArea-Denial A2AD is a modern term referring to warfighting strategies focused on preventing an opponent from operating military forces near, into, or within a contested region.2 War against future enemies who employ platforms that deny US electro-magnetic capabilities and use cyber war will make the manned high-altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance platform a necessity in achieving victory in A2AD operations. Contested, denied, operations encompass those operations in which the ability of a unit or platform to operate within a specified domain is either contested or denied by adversarial forces in the same or adjacent domains.

Descriptors:

• national security
• military operations
• warfare
• defense systems
• reconnaissance
• surveillance
• intelligence
• AREA DENIAL

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE