Bugs, Gas, and Joint Maritime Operations--Are we Immune?

Abstract

Historical and technological data are used to analyze the effects of chemical warfare on joint naval operations throughout the continuum of peace, conflict and war. A judgement is made that the evolution of our National military Strategy from a global to a regional focus, combined with the proliferation of chemical and biological (CB) weapons among regional powers will pose an increased risk to naval -forces. Chemical employment philosophy is presented to show the effect of CB warfare on a wide range of naval missions, including presence, coalitions, and operational strategy. The conclusion is made that blue water forces in the brown water role are not immune, and must retain the initiative by training for chemical environments in regional contingencies. CHEMICAL WARFARE, CHEMICAL DEFENSE, JOINT OPERATIONS, JOINT MARITIME OPERATIONS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, HISTORY OF CHEMICAL WARFARE

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 1992
Accession Number
ADA249890

Entities

People

  • Russell A. Bucya

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Disasters
  • First World War
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • War Games
  • Warfare
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Materials Science
  • Strategic Security Studies