ROUTE SECURITY FOR COUNTERINSURGENTS

Abstract

The problem of providing security for ground lines of communications in the counterinsurgency environment is examined. Several types of forces and modes of employment are considered and analyzed in order to determine their feasibility and desirability. Recommendations are made for resource allocation in areas which have different insurgent threat levels. Some economic and political factors which affect route security are mentioned. A comparison, using Lanchester's equations, is made of the reaction and escort modes of employment for infantry forces providing security to a truck convoy. Graphs are provided which show the effects of time on reaction force feasibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0819550

Entities

People

  • Robert Pearsall Rogers

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Areas
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Employment
  • Helicopters
  • Infantry
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Paramilitary Forces
  • Personnel Management
  • Reaction Time
  • Truck Convoys
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.