Airborne Maritime Surveillance in the North Atlantic - Norwegian and Allied Patrols, 1945 to the Present-Day

This book offers a comprehensive examination of historical Norwegian and allied airborne maritime surveillance operations in the North Atlantic, after World War II until the present.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A short history of airborne Chapter 3. Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Framing the Discussion Chapter 4. The formative years, 1945-1960 Chapter 5. A common NATO Maritime Patrol Aircraft Chapter 6. Foundation for long-range Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1961-1969 Chapter 7. Western control and the emergence of the Soviet Bastion Strategy, 1970-1991 Chapter 8. Post-Cold War and the Change in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance focus, 1991-2015 Chapter 9. The Russian submarine threat of the future Chapter 10. The future of airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance in the High North

About the author

John O. Birkeland is a faculty advisor at the Nato Defence College, Rome, and has a PhD in Military Science from the University of Glasgow, UK.

Product details

• Authors: John O. Birkeland
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9781041039211
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4103921-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Naval, Naval forces & warfare, Defence strategy, planning & research, Politics & government, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Politics and government, Military and defence strategy, Naval forces and warfare, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, HISTORY / Russia / General