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Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations Amid Populations [Mīkstie vāki]

(Rand Corporation California), , (RAND Corporation, California), , (University of East Anglia UK)
  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 168 pages, height x width x depth: 232x155x10 mm, weight: 276 g, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-May-2009
  • Izdevniecība: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 0833046845
  • ISBN-13: 9780833046840
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 168 pages, height x width x depth: 232x155x10 mm, weight: 276 g, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 01-May-2009
  • Izdevniecība: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 0833046845
  • ISBN-13: 9780833046840
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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 3continuum of force2
Preface iii
Figures xi
Tables xiii
Summary xv
Acknowledgments xxvii
Abbreviations xxix
CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1
Framing the Challenge
1
Current DoD Nonlethal Weapons Programs
7
CHAPTER TWO The Policy Setting 11
The Void Between Lethality and Inaction
11
Missions Sans Martyrs
13
Non-COIN Missions
15
Humanitarian Intervention
16
Peacekeeping
18
Protection of U.S. Personnel and Property
20
Quelling Civil Disturbance
21
Conclusions
23
CHAPTER THREE Possibilities 27
Stretching Our Thinking
27
Time, Knowledge, and Judgment Along the Continuum
28
Nonmilitary Experience
32
Technological Possibilities
37
Taking Stock
38
CHAPTER FOUR Requirements 41
Developing Requirements
41
The General Analytic Framework
65
(1) Types of Persons Engaged
65
(2) Numbers of Persons Engaged
66
(3) Types of Effects Desired
66
(4) Intensity of Effects Desired
67
A Matrix of Requirements
67
Confronting Uncertainty
68
Initial Effects
71
Decision-Making
75
Analyzing the Scenarios
77
Conclusions
79
CHAPTER FIVE Technology Options 83
The Active Denial System
83
Tasers
85
Dazzlers
86
Femto-Second Lasers
87
Sound Arrays
89
Kinetics
89
Tear Gas
90
Anti-Electronics
92
Flash-Bangs
92
General Observations
93
CHAPTER SIX A Promising Approach 95
Assessing the Alternatives
95
A Promising Approach
98
Adding an Information Component: Cell Phones and Video
102
Political Realities, Reactions, and Risks
105
Assessment
109
CHAPTER SEVEN Operation, Preparation, and Organization 111
Notional Concept of Operation
111
Preparation and Organization
117
CHAPTER EIGHT Feasibility, Integration, and Implementation 123
Feasibility
123
Integration
125
Investment and Implementation
127
CHAPTER NINE Conclusion and Recommendations 131
Bibliography 135