Airpower Diplomacy Is UNDER rated

摘要

Responding to the Emir of Afghanistan's 1919 declaration of jihad against British forces, the Royal Air Force sent a single biplane to Kabul that dropped 20 bombs. The Emir sued for peace immediately after the attack. Since then, airpower has been used as a tool of forceful coercion. It provides a range of hard and soft power resources to deter or compel, express national will, or execute policy. Aircraft can be dispatched rapidly, arrive at distant locations quickly, and deliver weapons or humanitarian aid with precision. Properly understood and applied, it can serve as an effective tool to achieve some national objectives.