Technology Guidelines and Potential Military Applications in Low Intensity Conflicts

Abstract

This paper looks at technology and the tools it produces as an essential ingredient needed to win in LIC. Those who possess the technological high ground are not guaranteed success. What is needed is a superior civil- military organization with the right strategy and the right technology tools. With the proper application of these three ingredients, the US and our allies can win decisively in LIC. The paper lists nine proposed technology guidelines to use whenever developing and/or selecting a LIC technology application. The paper then provides a list of potential needs in the four operational categories associated with LIC; insurgency and counterinsurgency, peacetime contingency operations, combatting terrorism, and peacekeeping operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198669

Entities

People

  • Kenneth G. Brothers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Low Intensity Conflict
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Peacekeeping
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design