Year: 2015
Type: book
Abstract: The current United States Air Force (USAF) bomber force is comprised of aging, nonstealthy B-1 and B-52 aircraft along with a small fleet of stealthy B-2s.In an advanced antiaccess/area denial (A2/AD) environment, these aircraft may be forced to operate at a standoff range with long-range cruise missiles due to enemy air defenses.In some cases the demand for cruise missiles may exceed the rate at which the bomber fleet can supply them.It may be necessary to procure new aircraft and develop and produce more cruise missiles.For his Ph.D. dissertation at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the author addressed the issue of standoff capacity in A2/AD environments using a cost-effectiveness methodology.He compared the effectiveness of standoff aircraft alternatives using demand-based and capabilitiesbased analyses.He determined costs for alternatives using statistical analysis, and made recommendations based on cost-effectiveness.The results of his efforts are reported in this document.The research reported here began within the Force Modernization and Employment Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE as part of a fiscal year 2014 project, "Long-Range Strike Optimization to Counter Anti-Access and Area Denial."After this project ended, additional funding from RAND Project Air Force and the RAND National Security Research Division was provided.The target audience for this dissertation is Air Force leadership and policy makers, and particularly leaders of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and United States Pacific Command (USPACOM).
Source: RAND Corporation eBooks
DOI: 10.7249/rgsd363
Author: Jordan Rozsa
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2265101234