Concept for Operations in a Nuclear Environment
Abstract
This paper provides a concept for the conduct of military operations by US Army forces in a nuclear environment; sets forth issues impacting the implementation of the US Army's operational concept for the conduct of the Air-Land Battle. It considers warfighting at corps and below in a nuclear environment; influences and constraints external to corps, while recognized, are not explicitly addressed. The concept is equally applicable in an inactive nuclear environment wherein nuclear use has not occurred, but is possible or imminent; it can be expanded to include operations in a combined conventional-nuclear-chemical environment. There are two basic elements of a nuclear battlefield environment which must be understood and mastered by US forces: the effective employment of nuclear weapons in both offensive and defensive operations; the increased vulnerability of forces and the resultant requirement for implementation of extraordinary survivability and reconstitution measures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 18, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA141312
Entities
People
- G. L. Theroux
- H. W. Oliver
- R. H. Smiley