Underkill scalable capabilities for military operations amid populations
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 capa...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND
c2009.
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| Colección: | Monograph / Rand Corporation
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433073806719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | "MG-848-OSD." "Sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense." "National Defense Research Institute." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137). |
| ISBN: | 9781282081673 9786612081675 9780833047120 |
