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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7249/RRA1170-1
来源IDRR-A1170-1
Road to Damascus: The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, 2015 to 2018
Michael Simpson; Adam R. Grissom; Christopher A. Mouton; John P. Godges; Russell Hanson
发表日期2022-05-11
出版年2022
语种英语
结论
  • Russian airpower played a decisive role in reversing the fortunes of the Syrian regime.
  • Russia's intervention was designed as a limited-liability expeditionary campaign, with a small theater footprint predicated on Russian air and naval power supporting regime ground forces.
  • The Russian Aerospace Force's (VKS's) employment of airpower was significantly more effective in engagements against the Western-backed opposition than in conflicts against ISIS. In part, this reflected Russia's primary strategic objectives of saving the Assad regime and degrading the opposition.
  • To sustain Russia's expeditionary capability, the VKS experimented with a distributed basing model. Opening additional air bases enabled the VKS to relieve congestion, scale the deployed force, and operate responsively.
  • Despite making key adaptations, Russian airpower was not decisive against ISIS. Ultimately, Kurdish forces, supported by U.S. Coalition airpower, propelled the rollback of ISIS in northeastern Syria.
  • It is unclear how effectively Russia can export its expeditionary capability to other theaters. The geography in Syria was favorable for the VKS's reliance on rotary-wing operations, the conflict was low intensity, and Russian forces rarely encountered adversaries with advanced capabilities.
  • The VKS's reliance on distributed basing exhibited key gaps, including poor base protection and high attrition, that suggest a limited applicability to different operational contexts.
  • Russia refined concepts of employment for aircraft and experimented with new capabilities that it will likely apply to future conflicts.
  • Russia's reluctance to invest in expensive precision-guided munitions, underdeveloped targeting and penetrating intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities, and lack of intertheater tanking could be liabilities in future campaigns.
摘要

The introduction of Russian airpower in Syria has been widely cited as a turning point in the Syrian civil war. To assess the strengths, weaknesses, and adaptations of Russian airpower in Syria, the authors developed a database that integrates operational histories, Russian airstrikes, and disposition of Russian aircraft from September 2015 to March 2018. In this report, the authors use these resources to analyze the relative effectiveness of Russian airpower against the Syrian opposition and ISIS. The authors also compare the application of airpower in Syria by Russia and the U.S. Coalition.

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The authors find that Russia's employment of airpower was significantly more effective in engagements against the opposition than in conflicts against ISIS. They conclude that although Russia made key adaptations in Syria in joint operational planning, concepts of employment, forward basing, and advanced capabilities, it is unclear how effectively Russia might be able to export its expeditionary capability to other theaters. This research was completed in September 2019, before the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has not been subsequently revised.

目录
  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Chronology of Russian Air Operations in Syria

  • Chapter Three

    Russia's Operational Blueprint, Basing Strategy, and Disposition of Forces in Syria

  • Chapter Four

    Strengths and Weaknesses of Russian Airpower in Syria

  • Chapter Five

    Implications for Future Russian Air Campaigns

主题Air Warfare ; The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization) ; Russia ; Syria
URLhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1170-1.html
来源智库RAND Corporation (United States)
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Michael Simpson,Adam R. Grissom,Christopher A. Mouton,et al. Road to Damascus: The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, 2015 to 2018. 2022.
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