NATO's Follow-On Forces Attack (FOFA) Concept: Past, Present and Future

Abstract

Significant changes have taken place in the European political, military and economic environments over the past eighteen months. NATO publics, politicians and military leaders are evaluating current and projected requirements to insure continued peace and security in Europe. Part of that evaluation is an in-depth look at NATO's operational concepts. This paper deals with one of those operational sub-concepts, Follow-on Forces Attack or FOFA. It covers a brief history of FOFA; it outlines the present status of FOFA; and it looks into alternatives for the future of FOFA. Related programs, structures, criticisms and proponency are discussed in the framework of the past and present, and the discussion of the outlooks. FOFA is, and will continue to be, a viable and critical concept for NATO. It plays a key role in NATO's Conceptual Military Framework and in the conventional leg of NATO's triad of deterrent forces. The recent turn of political events in Europe only serves to strengthen the requirement for a strong and effective FOFA capability in NATO. (sdw)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA224090

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  • Michael J. Diver

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  • United States Army War College

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