Essential Points
Russia's military modernisation has reduced NATO's air superiority in Europe
The Pentagon is most alarmed by Russia's power to create A2/ADVERTISING challenges
Russia's military modernisation has reduced NATO's air superiority in Europe, US Air Force (USAF) General Frank Gorenc, the commander of US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, said through the Air Force Association's annual symposium on 14 September.
"They've closed the gap," Gen Gorenc, additionally the leader of Allied Air Command, told reporters during a briefing.
"The edge that we've got from the air, I could really say, is decreasing," he added. "But the more alarming matter is their power to produce anti-accessibility/place refusal [A2/ADVERTISING]."
Following issues that Moscow experienced during the 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia began "a huge modernisation", Gen Gorenc said. "They learned a lot over the way, and they made moves to close the asymmetric edge presented by the caliber of our air force; they have done it."
Gen Gorenc is very concerned about two A2/AD zones - Crimea to the Black Sea and Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. "Some of the array that is in Kaliningrad extends into Poland now," he said. "That is a fact."
Russia's military modernisation has reduced NATO's air superiority in Europe
The Pentagon is most alarmed by Russia's power to create A2/ADVERTISING challenges
Russia's military modernisation has reduced NATO's air superiority in Europe, US Air Force (USAF) General Frank Gorenc, the commander of US Air Forces in Europe and Africa, said through the Air Force Association's annual symposium on 14 September.
"They've closed the gap," Gen Gorenc, additionally the leader of Allied Air Command, told reporters during a briefing.
"The edge that we've got from the air, I could really say, is decreasing," he added. "But the more alarming matter is their power to produce anti-accessibility/place refusal [A2/ADVERTISING]."
Following issues that Moscow experienced during the 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia began "a huge modernisation", Gen Gorenc said. "They learned a lot over the way, and they made moves to close the asymmetric edge presented by the caliber of our air force; they have done it."
Gen Gorenc is very concerned about two A2/AD zones - Crimea to the Black Sea and Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea. "Some of the array that is in Kaliningrad extends into Poland now," he said. "That is a fact."