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Title Underkill : scalable capabilities for military operations amid populations / David C. Gompert [and others].

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 137 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Series Rand Corporation monograph series
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137).
Contents Introduction -- The policy setting -- Possibilities -- Requirements -- Technology options -- A promising approach -- Operation, preparation, and organization -- Feasibility, Integration, and implementation -- Conclusion and recommendations.
Summary 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
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Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject United States. Armed Forces -- Drill and tactics.
Armed Forces (United States)
Urban warfare.
Counterinsurgency.
Guerre urbaine.
Contre-rébellion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
TECHNOLOGY -- Military Science.
Artillery drill and tactics
Counterinsurgency
Urban warfare
USA -- military operations -- population.
USA -- military operations -- military technology -- R & D.
Added Author Gompert, David C.
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Underkill. Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2009 (DLC) 2009009267 (OCoLC)314379434
ISBN 9780833047120 (electronic bk.)
0833047124 (electronic bk.)
1282081675
9781282081673
9786612081675
6612081678
9780833046840 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0833046845 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. 9786612081675
Report No. RAND/MG-848-OSD
Standard No. AU@ 000051346976
CDX 10902954
DEBBG BV043122564
DEBSZ 421989920
GBVCP 100865423X
GBVCP 803181671
AU@ 000054173664
AU@ 000075798869

 
    
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