Sept. 7, 2023 Moral Injury and Suicide Risk The interpersonal theory of suicide can assist the military as it develops mechanisms to address the effect of moral injury on suicidal ideation among the active duty and veteran populations.
June 30, 2023 A Case for an Independent Cyber Force Applying a test using the DOTMLPF-P analysis framework to the question of the necessity of a separate cyber service component reveals DoD cyber operations do not maximize the United States’ ability to fight a cyber war.
June 30, 2023 Systematizing Supply Chain Warfare Airpower thinkers must reconsider supply chain warfare, using a systems perspective with a focus on the supply chain target set.
June 30, 2023 Violence, Culture, and a Path to Peace To address contemporary tribal and religious wars, the US and its allies should employ indigenous forces, Special Operations Forces, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance tools, in a carefully calibrated manner.
June 30, 2023 Talking Space: History, Strategic Communications, and Space Security The Space Race of the 1960s and the Strategic Defense Initiative of the 1980s demonstrate the efficacy of strategic messaging in America’s persistent endeavors to ensure global peaceful uses of space and to secure its defense.
June 30, 2023 A Rational Choice?: Russia’s Potential Use of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons Three propositions have enabled the possibility Putin will employ nonstrategic nuclear weapons. An analysis of these propositions will help the US better scope strategic messaging in its deterrence efforts.
June 30, 2023 A Tactical Nuclear Mindset: Deterring with Conventional Apples and Nuclear Oranges Comparing and contrasting low-yield theater nuclear weapons with conventional precision strike weapons leads to a nuanced conclusion that both contribute to deterrence.
June 30, 2023 Letter from the Editor Letter introducing Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower, No. 2, Issue 2, Summer 2023
April 13, 2023 Russia’s Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons and Western Air Supremacy Russia’s VLY/ULY nuclear weapons suggests a belief that their use will not trigger a strategic nuclear exchange. This creates a dilemma for those wishing to control nonstrategic nuclear weapons.