POLITICAL-MILITARY SCENARIOS

Abstract

Briefly stated, the scenario tells what happened and describes the environment in which it happened. It may be prepared for a number of purposes. First, it may be looked upon as a general background against which defense policies are considered. Second, it may be designed to provide the opening or setting for a war game. Third, it may be prepared to provide an environment in which to examine the functioning of a weapons system or strategy. Fourth, what is far more dangerous and objectionable, a scenario may be prepared for the express purpose of making a particular weapons system or strategy look good in that environment. Finally, a scenario may be used as a background for contingency planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0647728

Entities

People

  • H. A. Deweerd

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Consistency
  • Continents
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Corporations
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Strategic Analysis
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Games

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design