This paper argues that autocratic power use air power in a completely different way than demecracies, meanwhile democratic country use their airforce to primarely target the opponent command and control center and logistical hubs autocracies use their to displace the civilian population
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14702436.2025.2522052?needAccess=true

How do you counter an autocratic regime, like Iran or Russia, from indescriminately targeting civilians while not even trying to go for military targets?

This paper argues that autocratic power use air power in a completely different way than demecracies, meanwhile democratic country use their airforce to primarely target the opponent command and control center and logistical hubs autocracies use their to displace the civilian population
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14702436.2025.2522052?needAccess=true