MANEUVER SUPERIORITY WITH THE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS: UNMANNED AIR MANEUVER AS A PRAGMATIC METHOD

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1, 22 - 38, 20.03.2023

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Öz

Although the maneuver, center of gravity, and nonlinear warfare that left their mark on the twentieth century maintain their importance, the environment in which all these can be applied is getting more and more complex. On the other hand, as the lethality of the weapons increases, mass firing and movement, which are already costly, become more difficult, this situation complicates the classical maneuver approach based on hitting land targets. Both the lessons learned from the two world wars and the fact that the public has become less tolerant of war casualties in parallel with the increasing prosperity forces the commanders to think in more detail in their decisions and to choose the course of action that includes the minimum risk of casualties. On the other hand, the necessity of capturing the target in order to realize the purpose of the operation maintains its importance. This situation popularizes the idea of sacrificing unmanned systems instead of humans. Therefore, the complexity of today's wars and the fact that weapons become more deadly than before, also lead to a change in the character of the war. In this context, new ideas supported by high technology products are being developed in today's wars. Combatants are looking for ways to influence the battlefield from farther and safer areas. As the warrior moves away from the area of conflict, the emotional and logical interaction between him and his opponent is broken. The mechanized understanding of war also changes the character of the maneuver. This article presents a new maneuver superiority method that has emerged for land forces in today's complex operational environment and aims to explain the concept of unmanned air maneuver based on lessons learned from contemporary battles which Turkish Army involved.

Anahtar Kelimeler

International Security, Remote Effects, Unmanned Air Maneuver, Pragmatism, Strategic Culture.

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