Innovation and Operation Earnest Will: A Blueprint for Future Low Level Conflicts

Abstract

This paper raises questions regarding the U.S. Navy's readiness to deal effectively with low level third world threats. The employment of helicopters outside their normal mission areas during Operation Earnest Will, the Kuwaiti reflagging operation, is used as a basis for describing the kind of innovative actions that will enable the armed forces to counter the low technology, guerilla war-at-sea scenarios which it will encounter in the future. Various mission areas are highlighted in an attempt to stimulate discussion on how the unique capabilities possessed by each service could lead to more joint operations and less redundancy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240586

Entities

People

  • Philip H. Crowell Iii

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Defense Systems
  • Detectors
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Employment
  • Helicopters
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Surveillance
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies