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Lightning over water :

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Lightning over water :

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sharpening America's light forces for rapid-reaction missions /

John Matsumura [and others].

Santa Monica, CA :

Rand,

2000.

xii, 233 pages :

color illustrations, maps ;

26 cm.

MR ;

1196-A/OSD

"MR-1196-A/OSD."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233).

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Operation Desert Shield: The Vulnerability of Light Forces in an Early-Entry Role -- The Changing Role of Ground Forces -- The Shortfall in Rapid-Reaction Capability -- Options for Resolving the Shortfall in Rapid-Reaction Capability -- Which Path of Paths to Follow? The Need for Sound Analysis -- Organization of This Book -- Ch. 2. How Current Light Forces Perform Against a Heavy Threat: Establishing a Base Case -- Setting the Context for the Base Case Analysis -- Experiencing Desert Storm -- As It Might Have Been -- After-Action Reports of the Three Scenarios -- Ch. 3. Following Path 1: Enhancing the Current Light Forces -- What Is the RFPI ACTD? -- Options for Improved Light Forces in the Three Scenarios -- Experiencing Desert Storm II: Upgraded DRB -- After-Action Reports -- Ch. 4. Following Path 2: Making Light Forces Smaller and More Dispersed -- Defense Science Board's Small, Dispersed Forces Concept -- TRADOC's Light Battle Force Concept -- DARPA's Small Unit Operations (SUO) Concept -- Ch. 5. Following Path 3: Introducing Maneuver to Light Forces -- Context for the Analysis -- Experiencing the Vertical Envelopment Concept -- After-Action Review for the Vertical Envelopment Concept -- Ch. 6. Additional Challenges for Light Forces -- Military Operations in Urban Terrain -- An Example of Expanding the Box -- Jungle and Forest Operations -- Simulation and Modeling for Complex Terrain -- Ch. 7. Conclusions -- Options for Developing Rapid-Reaction Capability -- Developing a Strategy -- Epilogue: A Vision Into the Future -- App. A. Concise and Selective History of U.S. Light Force Projection -- App. B. RAND's High-Resolution Force-on-Force Modeling and Simulation Capability -- App. C. Technologies Over the Near and Far Term for Light, Rapid-Reaction Forces -- App. D. Robotics: Augmenting the Soldier?

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The fundamental strength of today's Army lies in its ability to fight and win a major theater-level war, and this capability exists through a deliberate intent to field the most capable mechanized force possible. It is easy to argue that the Army leadership succeeded, since no anticipated enemy force can match the firepower and maneuver capability of a combined arms mechanized U.S. force, equipped with the M1-series Abrams main battle tank, the M2-series Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. Nonetheless, as the world continues to thaw out from the imposed stability of a bipolar superpower rivalry, the likelihood of major theater-level war is giving way to increased numbers of smaller regional conflicts and crises. New crises and conflicts are continuing to emerge around the world, and as the frequency of such events continues to increase, so does the need to adjust the U.S. capability for direct response to, and intervention within, these situations. This book represents a compilation of research drawn from numerous studies conducted in the past few years on the topic of improving light air-deployable forces. The focus is on new operational concepts along with the underlying enabling technologies. Three very different means for improving rapid-reaction capability are considered and analyzed in detail, with both strengths and weaknesses included in the assessment. A framework that addresses the process of designing such a force is incorporated.

United States.

United States.-- Airborne troops.

United States.

United States.

Light infantry.

Armed Forces-- Airborne troops.

Leichte Infanterie

Light infantry.

Militärischer Einsatz

Strategie

USA.

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