Air Operations in Low Intensity Conflict: The Case of Chechnya

E CENT CONFLICTS in Chechnya ing solu tion with military force—air or and Bosnia indi cate that for the imground—only one that will last until it deme di ate future, low inten sity conparts” and that “a reli ance on air power flicts (LIC) will predomi nate over alone—the strike option—in this type of ter­ highintensity R Opera tion Desert Storm–type rain with these kinds of tar gets has never held sce nar ios. The sober real ity is that these skirany real promise of conflict resolu tion.” 1