Airborne Maritime Surveillance in the North Atlantic

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.

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.

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