NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITIES
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITIES
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Author(s): Costel GavrilăSubject(s): Economy, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: NATO; strategic airlift; capabilities; project;
Summary/Abstract: The Strategic airlift has been a long-standing critical shortfall for the NATO Alliance. At the Riga summit, NATO Heads of State and Governments noted the need for “forces that are fully deployable, sustainable and interoperable and the means to deploy them.” They also endorsed several initiatives to increase strategic airlift, including the SAC, the Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS), and offers to coordinate support structures for A-400M strategic airlift, which seven allies are planning to acquire beginning in 2010. All these initiatives are now encompassed by a new concept developed at Chicago Summit in May 2012 – Smart Defence.
Journal: Defense Resources Management in the 21st Century
- Issue Year: 10/2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 71-88
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English