High Fidelity Simulations of Littoral Environments
Abstract
The littorals of the World are areas of great strategic importance. Approximately 95% of the world's population lives within 600 miles of sea, 80% of all countries border the coast and 80% of the world's capitals lie within 300 nautical miles of shore. With the end of the cold war, DoD's focus has shifted from a land/sea battle scenario with a monolithic global adversary to dealing with low-intensity conflicts in the near-coastal or littoral regions. In wartime, the ability to dominate the littoral, including the undersea environment, allows operating with impunity in the face of area denial threats while taking initial action to defeat those threats and prepare the battlespace for follow-on forces. information superiority - understanding and exploitation of the natural environment -- is critical to safe and effective operation of joint forces engage in littoral expeditionary warfare. The tactical advantage will probably depend not on who has the most expensive, sophisticated platforms - but rather in who can most fully exploit the natural advantages gained by a thorough understanding of the physical environment. Every aspect of the littoral environment is of critical import to conducting military operations, a huge challenge
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA419564
Entities
People
- Charlie N. Barron
- Cheryl A. Blain
- Patrick J. Hogan
- Richard Allard
- Timothy R. Keen
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory