Modernizing MAGTF Ground-Based Air Defense to Counter Emerging Threats
Abstract
The Marine Corps has accepted too much risk in GBAD of the MAGTF. Air Superiority in Iraq and Afghanistan meant that ground maneuver units did not have to consider a threat from the air while planning and operating. Future USMC operational concepts call for disaggregated operations over great distances, where theater-level air superiority will be difficult to gain and maintain. UASs are cheap alternatives to manned aircraft and can achieve the effects that cruise missiles qm achieve - not unlike the Japanese Kamikazes of World War II. Low observable/detectable aircraft and munitions like UASs and guided rockets, artillery, missiles, and mortars (G-RAMM) have outpaced MAGTF capabilities and present a threat to the entire future range of MAGTF operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1178619
Entities
People
- Edward J. O'connell
Organizations
- Marine Corps University