The Icarus illusion: technology, doctrine and the Soviet Air Force

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Black, Steven K.
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1986-09Advisor
Dellenbrant, Jan A.
Second Reader
Kartchner, Kerry M.
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This thesis describes and analyzes the relationship between post-World War II
Soviet fighter aircraft design and Soviet air employment doctrine. It tests the
proposition that Soviet fighter aircraft are developed in response to design criteria
established solely on the basis of military requirements. The results show that Soviet
fighter design has not only progressed largely independently of prevailing doctrinal
requirements, but appears to have driven the development of tactical air employment
doctrine over the past forty years.
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