"South America: small wars, insurgencies
& aerial acquisition programs"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Small Wars and Insurgencies
Published: 24 April, 2024
Originally published:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592318.2024.2336089
Abstract: While
maintaining minimal deterrence capabilities, South America’s has not
experienced inter-state warfare in almost three decades. Internal security
challenges exist, while militaries are involved in various other missions,
including humanitarian assistance, search-and-rescue, combating wildfires, and
combating environmental crimes like illegal fishing and illegal mining. This
analysis will discuss the evolving role of South American insurgencies
vis-à-vis small wars, insurgencies, and other combat and non-combat missions by
focusing on regional air fleets. The types of rotary-wing and fixed-wing
aircraft Air Forces, Armies, and Navies are purchasing (or domestically
manufacturing) explain what kinds of missions and threats armed services are focused
on today and tomorrow’s priorities. Small case studies of helicopter and combat
warplane fleets across South American militaries will help us understand what
regional services spend their often-limited funds on. Moreover, we will address
how regional air fleets may be composed a decade from now, by 2034, considering
regional geopolitics, missions, and priorities (including environmental
protection). Confidence-building mechanisms and the influence, or lack thereof,
of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on recent acquisition programs and
strategies will provide a more complete analysis.
Continue reading: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592318.2024.2336089
