Land Mine Options in Future Crisis and Conflicts

Abstract

Newly developed land mine barrier and obstacle systems play a significant role in AIRLAND battle tactical concepts. However, little has been written regarding the use of these systems at the operational and strategic levels of war. This paper examines the potential impact of land mine systems on the range of military, political, and socio-psychological options available to American decision-makers in future crisis and conflicts. It deliberately avoids questions concerning system cost, the number and mix of systems to procure, and the possible limitations involved. Rather, its purpose is to stimulate thinking about ways in which land mine systems may contribute to crisis bargaining, deterrence of conflict, and termination of the same.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 1987
Accession Number
ADA182782

Entities

People

  • Jerry L. Sinn

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Central Europe
  • Command And Control
  • Deception
  • Deployment
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • Land Mines
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Platforms
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scatterable Mines
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Western Europe

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies