Maritime Homeland Security: Ensuring a Rapid, Flexible Response

Abstract

In the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11th, there is a pervasive sense that we must use all means available to eliminate the occurrence of future attacks on the American continent, on our people and on our way of life. The renewed focus on homeland security following the recent attacks mandated a reassessment of the critical vulnerabilities along America's international coastlines. While many potential threats to America exist via our shores, the immense quantity of international commercial traffic into the United States provides a seemingly easily exploitable and tempting weakness that requires a review and analysis of the efficacy of our maritime homeland security (HLS-M) operational plans. Current global maritime security operations provide the framework with which we can examine our HLS-M structure, specifically our command and control (C2) organization and maneuver force planning, to ensure adequate protection against present and future asymmetric threats.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402148

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Employment
  • Homeland Security
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Maritime Security
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control