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Emerging threats, force structures, and the role of air power in Korea /

The theater missile defense debate, North Korea's ballistic missile program, and ongoing discussions concerning South Korea's next-generation combat aircraft have heightened awareness of the importance of aerospace power to South Korea's defenses. To assess these and related issues, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moon, Chung-in, Crawford, Natalie W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2000.
Colección:Conference proceedings (Rand Corporation) ; CF-152-AF.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: Air power: the 21st century catalyst for progress, change, and prosperity
  • Potential threats and policy responses of the major powers
  • Defense planning in an era of uncertainty: East Asian issues
  • Going into the "unification tunnel": strategic and military implications
  • Conceptualizing post-unification defense challenges and strategies
  • Changing threat environment, force structure, and defense planning: the South Korean case
  • The role of air power going into the 21st century
  • The challenge for the R.O.K. air force in the 21st century
  • Maximizing manpower utilization: civil-military cooperation prospects in Korea
  • The emerging ballistic missile threat: global and regional ramifications
  • Coping with the North Korean missile threat: implications for Northeast Asia and Korea
  • TMD [theater missile defense] architectures in East Asia: military and political alternatives for reducing threats
  • Suggestions for Korea's air defense modernization
  • Current status and emerging trends in Korean aerospace power strategies
  • Challenges in research and development for the Korean aircraft industry
  • U.S. aerospace technology and implications for Korea.