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How No-Fly Zones Work: Protecting Civilians During Conflict
TLDR No-fly zones were implemented in the early 1990s to protect civilians from their own government during times of conflict. They are established by shooting down aircraft and destroying military targets on the ground, and while they can be effective, there is still limited data on their overall impact.
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The podcast episode is about how no-fly zones work.
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No-fly zones were first implemented in the early 1990s as a way to protect civilians from being targeted by their own government during times of conflict.
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During the first Gulf War, a no-fly zone was established to protect Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq and a second no-fly zone was later established to protect Shiite Muslims in Southern Iraq.
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No-fly zones are established by shooting down aircraft and destroying military targets on the ground, such as radar equipment, to disable the enemy's force and protect one's own force, and the first use of a no-fly zone was to protect Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in Southern Iraq during the Gulf War.
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The establishment of a no-fly zone in Libya in 2011 was authorized by a UN Security Council Resolution due to concerns about Gaddafi killing his own people, and the US and British-led NATO coalition took charge of implementing it.
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In order to enforce a no-fly zone, planes flying in the zone are first assessed to determine if they are there accidentally or if they are hostile, and if they are deemed hostile, permission is sought to shoot them down.
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Enforcing a no-fly zone can be risky because there is a possibility that a NATO jet or any jet patrolling in the zone could get shot down by someone on the ground, as seen in the case of Owen Wilson during the Balkan War.
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No-fly zones can be effective, but there is not enough data to fully understand their impact.
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