{"id":3994,"date":"2018-02-02T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2023-08-06T15:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:33:42","slug":"contested-skies-our-uncertain-air-superiority-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/contested-skies-our-uncertain-air-superiority-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Contested skies: Our uncertain air superiority future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n<p>In war, there\u2019s a constant to and fro. At times defence dominates, at other times offence. Technologies arise and fall. Disruption rules. This is noticeably so in today\u2019s arcane world of air superiority. While much investment has gone into the ADF\u2019s air superiority capabilities\u2014with more coming with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter\u2014the operational environment isn\u2019t standing still.<\/p>\n<p>The skies are increasingly contested. Emerging threats are making our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OE-INNj_XbU\">tanker and AEW&amp;C (airborne early warning and control) aircraft more vulnerable<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcemag.com\/MagazineArchive\/Pages\/2017\/April%202017\/Saving-Air-Superiority.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advanced surface-to-air missiles<\/a>, stealth-fighter technology, long-range\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/irp\/threat\/missile\/bm-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballistic\u00a0<\/a>and cruise missiles and even\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/centralblue.williamsfoundation.org.au\/other-peoples-air-power-islamic-states-unmanned-air-force-peter-layton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hobbyist drones<\/a>\u00a0are proliferating. The US Air Force (USAF) recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.af.mil\/Portals\/1\/documents\/airpower\/Air%20Superiority%202030%20Flight%20Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studied\u00a0<\/a>what all this means in practice and determined that its \u2018projected force structure in 2030 is not capable of fighting and winning against [the expected] array of potential adversary capabilities\u2019. If the USAF\u2019s force structure is becoming stretched so, surely, is ours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csbaonline.org\/research\/publications\/force-planning-for-the-era-of-great-power-competition\/publication\">Some warn<\/a>\u00a0that the 2030 date may mislead, asserting that \u2018Integrated Air Defence Systems covering areas in the Western Pacific \u2026 may now be able to deny access to all but the stealthiest of aircraft\u2019. The \u2018stealthiest of aircraft\u2019 refers to the flying wing B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and forthcoming B-21 Raiders. It seems that F-35s with their vertical tails have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.wixstatic.com\/ugd\/a2dd91_cd5494417b644d1fa7d7aacb9295324d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some vulnerabilities<\/a>\u00a0to emerging multiband digital radars. A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_briefs\/RB9858z3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAND study<\/a>\u00a0echoes these concerns about current and growing air-superiority shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/contested-skies-uncertain-air-superiority-future\/\">Contested skies: Our uncertain air superiority future<\/a>\u201d\u00a0article published in The Strategist,\u00a0written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| In war, there\u2019s a constant to and fro. At times defence dominates, at other times offence. Technologies arise and fall. 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