R and D Implications for Post-1990 Crisis Management Forces. Volume I. Executive Summary.
Abstract
This project identified areas of R and D related to General Purpose weapons and supporting systems where DARPA could, by investing now, materially enhance the capability of U.S. Crisis Management Forces (CMFs) to accomplish a broad mix of missions in the circa 1990 period. Specifically, this project has: postulated and described candidate U.S. Crisis Management Forces, equipment, doctrine, organization and tactics; projected and described the worldwide conflict environment within which those forces would operate; developed detailed design scenarios for the evaluation of U.S. CMFs viz-a-viz projected adversary threats; ascertained and described perceived shortfalls in U.S. equipment when evaluated in the framework of the design scenarios; and postulated, described and evaluated R and D initiatives which could overcome the shortfalls identified above. The purpose of this project was to identify R and D initiatives responsive to requirements stemming from perceived system-oriented shortfalls. Nowhere in this project was there - nor should there be inferred - any explicit nor any implicit comparison of the candidate Crisis Management Forces themselves (that is, in terms of their respective value, effectiveness or capabilities).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA040480
Entities
Organizations
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation