A deconfliction line is an official

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established between militaries who are or could be hostile, to avoid dangerous misunderstandings and miscalculations based on ignorance. The ultimate aim is to avoid accidents and

conflict escalation Conflict escalation is the process by which conflicts grow in severity or scale over time. That may refer to conflicts between individuals or groups in interpersonal relationships, or it may refer to the escalation of hostilities in a political or ...

. In the 20-teens and 2020s, the US and Russia set up deconfliction lines during their

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during the Syrian civil war and

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. They were regularly tested by military staff, and used by

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s and senior military officers. They were used to avoid midair collisions between aircraft in the same or adjacent airspace, and sometimes to give warning of airstrikes. In April 2017, Russia severed the Syrian line in retaliation for a called strike.

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{{mil-stub Military terminology Telecommunications Military Syrian civil war

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