Hard/National Security/Air Power

Air Strike & Interdiction

The capacity to strike from the air at operational depth: interdiction, close air support and the tactical strike complex.
pending/cap/air-strike-interdiction
World mean
5.3
of 20 · median 3.0
Range
0–20
middle half 1.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.41
round 1 ±0.97 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 4
Advanced 14
Established 17
Transitional 19
Foundational 22
Nascent 33
Inception 88

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇫🇷France Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇷🇺Russia Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
10 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇩🇪Germany Europe 15 Advanced ±0.50
12 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇳🇴Norway Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
16 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.71
17 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.50
20 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.00
21 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇵🇱Poland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
24 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 14 Established ±0.00
25 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 13 Established ±0.50
26 🇫🇮Finland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
27 🇬🇷Greece Europe 13 Established ±0.43
28 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 13 Established ±0.43
29 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 13 Established ±0.71
30 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 12 Established ±0.00
31 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 12 Established ±0.50
32 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12 Established ±0.43
33 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 12 Established ±0.50
34 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
35 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
36 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 11 Transitional ±0.83
37 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.00
39 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
40 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.50
41 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
42 🇨🇱Chile Americas 10 Transitional ±0.83
43 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
45 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
49 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
50 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.50
51 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
52 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.87
53 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 9 Transitional ±1.12
54 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.00
55 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
56 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.50
57 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
58 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
59 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
60 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
61 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
62 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
63 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
64 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
65 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
66 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
68 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 7 Foundational ±1.09
69 🇦🇴Angola Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
70 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
71 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
72 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
73 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
74 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
75 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
76 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
77 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
79 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
80 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.87
81 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
82 🇹🇩Chad Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
83 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.00
84 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 4 Nascent ±0.87
85 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 4 Nascent ±2.68
86 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.71
87 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.87
88 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
90 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
91 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
92 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
93 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.87
94 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
95 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.87
96 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
97 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 3 Nascent ±1.78
98 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 3 Nascent ±0.71
100 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 3 Nascent ±1.50
101 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.23
102 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 3 Nascent ±0.83
104 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±2.60
105 🇳🇪Niger Africa 3 Nascent ±0.71
106 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 3 Nascent ±1.09
107 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.87
108 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
109 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇦🇱Albania Europe 2 Inception ±0.87
111 🇦🇹Austria Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
112 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.87
113 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
114 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
115 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
116 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
117 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
118 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
119 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
120 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
121 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
122 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.83
123 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
124 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
125 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
126 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
127 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.83
128 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
129 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.71
130 🇹🇬Togo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
131 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 2 Inception ±0.83
132 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
133 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
134 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
135 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
136 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 1 Inception ±0.83
137 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
138 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
139 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
140 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
141 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
142 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
143 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
144 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
145 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
146 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
147 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
148 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
149 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
150 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
151 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
152 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
153 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
154 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
157 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
167 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
170 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
173 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
175 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
176 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
177 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
179 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 0 Inception ±0.43
185 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Air Power

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Air Sovereignty & Policing6.20–20United States
Control of the Air4.90–20United States
Airborne ISR, Early Warning & Battle Management3.90–20United States