Force Protection and Strategic Air Mobility: The MANPAD Challenge.

Abstract

The U.S. military's reliance on strategic mobility has increased tremendously in the past decade. Strategic airlift's versatility and speed place it at the forefront of strategic mobility assets to meet the demands of Strategic Agility, Power Projection, and Dominant Maneuver. The threat from manportable or shoulder launched surface-to-air missiles (MANPADs) is beginning to degrade the U.S. military's strategic capacity and flexibility. To counter the threat Security Forces are operating under wartime constraints, which are personnel intensive. Aircraft Defense Systems (ADSs) are incomplete and vulnerable in the military strategic fleet and non-existent in the civilian air carrier fleet. Two proposals would help meet the MANPAD challenge. Emphasis on technology improvements in Security Force detection equipment and ADSs will alleviate personnel pressures. Assigning Mobility Air Force Commanders to regional Commanders-in-Chief during contingency or wartime operations will improve the present decentralized force protection effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363181

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Freese

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Force Protection
  • Military Operations
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Terrorists
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.