Smarter Power, Stronger Partners, Volume II: Trends in Force Projections Against Potential Adversaries

Abstract

Until recently, it seemed that no enemy of the United States was capable of successfully opposing U.S. military forces. If the U.S. military could liberate Kuwait, oust hostile dictators (in Panama, Serbia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya), and deliver decisive blows to al Qaeda, all while providing humanitarian assistance to victims of tsunamis, earthquakes, and other disasters, surely it could do whatever was asked of it. The combination of high-quality personnel, operational experience, technological superiority, ingenuity, versatility, and sheer scale lent confidence to the assumption that U.S. forces could meet any challenge anywhere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1085144

Entities

People

  • David C. Gompert
  • Duncan Long
  • Jeffrey Engstrom
  • Michael S. Chase
  • Scott Boston
  • Terrence K. Kelly

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Boats
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • International Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design