Aggressive ISR in the War on Terrorism: Breaking the Cold War Paradigm

Abstract

Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the United States (US) found itself in a new type of war, one for which existing military doctrine was ill suited. The US now faces a dispersed, loosely organized, non-state threat. This paper addresses the problem of how to employ existing military tools to counter global terrorist groups. This paper presents a Terrorist Group Model of a notional group, then proposes a counterterrorism strategy to deny terrorist groups sanctuary, one of the key requirements for these nonstate threats. This paper then presents several ways in which this objective may be achieved using existing military assets in a new way. The final proposals build upon a 2003 RAND study entitled Military Operations Against Terrorist Groups Abroad: Implications for the United States Air Force, authored by David Ochmanek.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA434093

Entities

People

  • William B. Danskine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Ground Control Stations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.