MILITARY FORCES THE WESTERN WORLD – USA PLUS SOME ALLIED COUNTRIES WAS PREPARED TO USE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2013)
MILITARY FORCES THE WESTERN WORLD – USA PLUS SOME ALLIED COUNTRIES WAS PREPARED TO USE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2013)
Author(s): Florin DiaconuSubject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: Syria; weapons of mass destruction; regional balance of power; military strike; USA; Great Britain; France; Israel; Turkey;
Summary/Abstract: The study lists and evaluates the main elements of military power which several major political actors of the Western World (USA, Great Britain, France, Israel and Turkey) were able to use, in case of need, in late August and in September 2013, if a massive military strike against vital strategic targets in Syria should have become necessary in order to deny the Assad regime any chance to use weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) either against civilian population, or in destabilising (or threatening) the regional balance of power. One of the partial conclusions is that international media heavily underestimated, maybe accidentally, the sheer might of a potential massive military strike against strategic targets in Syria.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 33-47
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
