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July 10, 2014

Air sea battle: Concept, cover or a charge of the light brigade in waiting?
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 08, 2014
The Air-Sea Battle concept is the subject of a two-day conference held at UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, England, the home of Britain's center for military education and teaching. The Air-Sea Battle was the product of both U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy thinking. It has since evolved into a major and controversial construct for projecting force through air and missile power using both land and sea based systems. The stated intent was to use this concept as a means for evaluating the strengths, w ... read more

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