Leveraging Technology to Reduce the Incidence of Fratricide,

Abstract

As a result of that horrible tragedy, once again, the topic of fratricide or friendly fire teemed the headlines. The shootdown served as yet another reminder of the lethality of our war-fighting systems. More importantly, it focused attention on the potential frailty of humans in dealing with high technology and split second decisions. This paper will define fratricide and trace it's occurrence since the 18th century. It will document that fratricide is not a recent phenomena, rather an evolution of the problem of positive combat identification. It will analyze the application of technology in our modern war- fighting systems, evaluating the potential adverse impacts 0 of applying mismatched, non-integrated or incomplete technology to a requirement. The paper will substantiate the criticality of thorough requirements analysis prior to implementation of technology in major weapons system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295571

Entities

People

  • Lawrence C. Doton

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Friendly Fire
  • Helicopters
  • Identification Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Medical Personnel
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Physicians
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.