Herbicides in Support of Counter-Insurgency Operations: A Cost-Effectiveness Study

Abstract

The study develops costs, effectiveness criteria, and cost- effectiveness ratios for military herbicide systems in Vietnam and three other alternatives which can perform the missions of foliage removal and crop destruction in support of counterinsurgency operations. The systems considered are aerial delivery of herbicides by helicopters and aircraft, tactical land clearing with crawler tractors, 'slash and burn' clearing with indigenous cutters, and firebombing with helicopters. Two sets of cost-effectiveness vectors are obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745180

Entities

People

  • John D. Howard

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Delivery
  • Agent Orange
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Combat Operations
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Helicopters
  • Herbicides
  • Military Organizations
  • Transportation
  • Warfare

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