Air Power in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific: Understanding Regional Security Dynamics

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of contributors
Introduction
	I
	II
	III
	IV
	V
	VI
	VII
	Notes
	References
Part I: The global powers
	Chapter 1: Russia
		Russian air power and air power strategy
		Russian air power in Pacific Asia: organization and the ongoing modernization
		Major exercise activity
		Out of area aerial operations
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2: The People\'s Republic of China
		Evolution of the PLAAF’s thinking on air power
		The PLAAF’s quest for modern weapon systems
		The PLAAF’s 2017 organizational reforms
		The PLAAF’s preparation for modern warfare
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3: The Unites States
		Containing China: emergence of the strategic problem for US airpower
		Building the US airpower response
		Tactical problem sets for US airpower in the 2020s
		Problems III and IV: Ensuring US power projection and concentrating for air superiority
		China’s long-range power projection
		Strengthening the force
		A note on how doctrine affects airpower in multi-domain operations
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 4: The European powers
		Strategies, plans, and objectives
		European airpower and commercial interests in the Indo-Pacific region
		Geopolitical interests, bases, and partnerships
		Gulf, Horn of Africa, and Arabian Sea
		Western and Southern Indian Ocean
		The Eastern Indian Ocean, East Asia, and the South Pacific
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part II: The Western Pacific
	Chapter 5: North Korea
		Introduction
		North Korean politics and strategic culture
		Party and state goals
		KPAAF missions and order of battle
		Surface-to-air missiles
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
		Korean references
	Chapter 6: Republic of Korea
		I Introdution
		II Missions and organization
		III Capabilities
		IV Challenges
		V Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: Japan
		Introduction
		Japan’s geographic situation
		Japan’s military-industrial posture
		Contemporary threat environment
		The postwar evolution of Japanese airpower strategy
		Current airpower missions, capabilities, and order of battle
		Contemporary issues in Japanese airpower
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8: Southeast Asia
		Complex security concerns and state legitimacy
		Calibrated responses to a spectrum of security challenges
		Singapore’s total defense
		Vietnam’s anti-access/area denial strategy
		Indonesia as the global maritime fulcrum
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9: New Zealand
		New Zealand strategic context
		Contemporary New Zealand airpower
		The modernization imperative
		Use of airpower
		Challenges and change
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part III: The Eastern Indian Ocean and the Indian sub-continent
	Chapter 10: The Eastern Indian Ocean
		China’s expanding naval footprint: from the South China to the Indian Ocean
		India’s anti-China “counteroffensive” in the Eastern IOR
		The US military in the Eastern IOR
		Other players in the Eastern IOR
		Other factors in the Eastern IOR affecting the regional security environment
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11: India
		Indian Air Force
		Maritime air
		Inferences
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 12: Pakistan
		The geopolitical landscape
		Pakistan’s military doctrine
		Early years of Pakistan Air Force
		Kashmir Liberation War of 1965
		PAF re-equips in the face of US sanctions
		Indo-Pak War of 1971
		Incessant US sanctions
		Pakistan Air Force today
		Other components of air power
		PAF’s transnational exposure
		Future challenges
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part IV: The Western Indian Ocean
	Chapter 13: Iran
		Strategic context
		Conventional airpower
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 14: The Gulf Cooperation Council
		Introduction
		The Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf region
		The Iranian ideological challenge
		GCC airpower development
		Contemporary airpower doctrine
		Future issues, challenges, and responses involving airpower
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 15: The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
		Overthrowing a monarchy and establishing a republic
		The emergence of an Arab communist state
		Yemeni unification and the first Gulf War – 1990–91
		Disunited – a civil war in Yemen (1994)
		The Houthi wars (2004–10)
		Drones and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
		The Arab Spring
		Saudi air campaign (2015)
		The Horn of Africa
		Terrorism and drones
		Red Sea arms market
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 16: South Africa
		Introduction
		Background: the post-1994 South African military and security landscape
		Budgetary constraints, the demands of secondary tasks, and the upgrading of the SAAF
		Further perspectives on the modernization of the SAAF since 1990
		The SAAF and the need for improved budgetary and political support to the military
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Conclusion
	Note
Index