To find, and not to yield: how advances in information and firepower can transform theater warfare
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA Rand 1998
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Beschreibung:"Prepared for the United States Air Force by Rand's Project Air Force.". - "Sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract F49642-96-C-0001"--Page 2 of cover
Includes bibliographical references
Figures - xi -- - Tables - xv -- - Chapter 1 - Introduction: Defense Planning for the 21st Century - 1 -- - Chapter 2 - Scenarios for Evaluating Future Needs and Capabilities - 5 -- - Chapter 3 - Competing Approaches to Theater Warfare - 13 -- - Chapter 4 - Assessing Future U.S. Capabilities for the Halt Phase - 23 -- - Chapter 5 - Priorities for Modernization: Ensuring a Robust Capability to Halt Invasions - 67 -- - Chapter 6 - Broader Implications for the Defense Program - 77 -- - Appendix - Assessment Approach and Methods - 87
Absent significant changes in U.S. defense investment priorities, American forces could soon find themselves unable to cope with some emerging challenges in large-scale power projection operations. Specifically, U.S. forces will need better capabilities to secure a foothold in distant theaters, to defeat weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles, to gain control of operations in the air, and to locate and destroy invading ground forces. New surveillance sensors, information processing capabilities, communication systems, and guided munitions are enabling operational concepts that can allow U.S. forces to meet emerging challenges and, indeed, to adopt new approaches to warfare. The authors assess quantitatively the capabilities of U.S. forces in the context of a generic scenario depicting a large-scale war in the next decade. From this, they identify priorities for modernizing U.S. forces. They argue that modernization dollars should be focused on forces and enabling capabilities that allow for decisive operations early in a conflict. If necessary, funds for such enhancements can come from modest reductions in forces that are slower to deploy
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 105 pages)
ISBN:058534468X
0833026127
9780585344683
9780833026125

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