Goalie Without A Mask? The Effect Of The Anti- Personnel Landmine Ban On U. S. Army Countermobility Operations

Abstract

This monograph examines whether the United States' unilateral ban on conventional anti-personnel mines will significantly impair the effectiveness of U.S. Army countermobility operation. Land mines and mine warfare play critical roles in US countermobility doctrine, and the loss of one entire category of mines could constrain the Army's ability to successfully perform countermobility missions. The prospect of such failure is alarming since successful mine warfare has often been the difference between life and death for hard pressed defenders. This monograph attempts to anticipate both the nature and severity of such consequences.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1996
Accession Number
AD1132609

Entities

People

  • Daniel P. Mahoney Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Anti-Tank Mines
  • Arms Control
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Department Of State
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Enemy Personnel
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Governments
  • Gunpowder
  • Land Mines
  • Mine Warfare
  • Minefields
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Scatterable Mines
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering