Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on 1994 Summer Study on Military Operations in Built-Up Areas (MOBA).

Abstract

This report was prepared by the Defense Science Board(DSB) Task Force on Military Operations in Built up Areas (MOBA). The purpose of the Task Force was to determine the current capabilities of the Department of Defense to conduct military operations in built up areas and to assess the future needs of the Department to perform this function. The report focuses upon modernization initiatives that would produce high leverage in terms of U.S. military forces to conduct military operations in these areas. MOBA generally involves the use of the military in Operations Other Than War (OOTW). This may include peacekeeping, pacification or peacemaking operations (including civil affairs and psychological operations). OOTW may involve periods of intense conflict in a localized area, but overall it involves low intensity conflict rather than general warfare. MOBA involves operations in heavily populated areas such as cities and thus necessitates close coordination, highly skilled personnel and integrated command, control, and communications systems. (RWJ)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA292130

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Employment
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Laser Guidance
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Nonlethal Agents
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.