UPSC Articles
No-fly zone
Part of: Prelims and GS-III Defence and security
Context: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been asking
western nations to consider setting up no-fly zones to protect civilians and also prevent a nuclear accident.
- However, NATO nations repeatedly rejected the demand to impose a no-fly zone, because of the dangers of escalation of the war
About No-fly Zone
- A no-fly zone is an area established by a military power over which unauthorized aircrafts are not allowed to fly.
- It is also known as no-flight zone (NFZ) or air exclusion zone (AEZ).
- No-fly zones are generally established by a nation in an enemy nation’s territory during a conflict or war.
- No-fly zone aims to prevent the operation of enemy nation’s aircraft in the region.
- After the imposition of a no-fly zone by a country, generally, military personnel are deployed to enforce it and also for surveillance purposes.
- To prevent violations, a country may even resort to preemptive attacks on aircrafts.
- No-fly zone was earlier set up during the 1991 Gulf War in Iraq, civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993-95), and the 2011 Civil war in Libya.
- However, no-fly zones are not just permitted in the military context.
- They can be even established for civilian purposes. For example, it was set up during the Olympic Games held in London in 2012.
News Source: TH
