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![]() ![]() ![]() NATO defines anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) as "measures taken to defend a maritime force against attacks by airborne weapons launched from aircraft, ships, submarines and land-based sites." In some armies the term All-Arms Air Defence (AAAD) is used for air defence by non-specialist troops. After the First World War it was sometimes prefixed by 'Light' or 'Heavy' (LAA or HAA) to classify a type of gun or unit. However, arrangements in the UK were also called 'anti-aircraft', abbreviated as AA, a term that remained in general use into the 1950s. The term air defence was probably first used by Britain when Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) was created as a Royal Air Force command in 1925. 7.2 Air defence versus air defence suppression.A surface based air defence capability can also be deployed offensively to deny the use of airspace to an opponent. However, while overall air defence may be for homeland defence including military facilities, forces in the field, wherever they are, invariably deploy their own air defence capability if there is an air threat. ![]() In some countries, such as Britain and Germany during the Second World War, the Soviet Union and NATO's Allied Command Europe, ground based air defence and air defence aircraft have been under integrated command and control. Missile defence is an extension of air defence as are initiatives to adapt air defence to the task of intercepting potentially any projectile in flight. NATO refers to airborne air defence as counter-air and naval air defence as anti-aircraft warfare. However, for most countries the main effort has tended to be 'homeland defence'. It may be used to protect naval, ground and air forces wherever they are. NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. For other uses, see Flak (disambiguation).Īmerican troops mount the Swedish Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 ![]()
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