Underkill: scalable capabilities for military operations amid populations
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND National Defense Research Institute 2009
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series
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Item Description:"MG-848-OSD"--Page 4 of cover. - "Sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.". - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137)
Introduction -- The policy setting -- Possibilities -- Requirements -- Technology options -- A promising approach -- Operation, preparation, and organization -- Feasibility, Integration, and implementation -- Conclusion and recommendations
The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a "continuum of force"--A suite of capabilities that includes sound, light, lasers, cell phones, and video cameras. These technologies are available but have received insufficient attention
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 137 pages)
ISBN:0833047124
9780833047120

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