Focus Paper 1 - What Is Unique About Small Scale Contingency (SSC) Analysis?

Abstract

This paper has been commissioned by the NATO SAS-027 group that was recently established to examine the analysis of Small Scale Contingencies (SSC). The aim of the paper is to identify the differences between SSC analysis and existing operational research activities. For reference SSC are characterized as low density low (military) casualty operations involving 100,000 personnel or less. Peacekeeping peace enforcement humanitarian aid, counter-insurgency military aid to civil authorities and national evacuation operations are examples of SSC. For the basis of this paper SSC analysis is compared directly with the analysis of Major Theatre War (MTW). MTW are characterized as high density, high intensity war-fighting operations involving 100,000 or more personnel with the potential to generate significant casualties. It is also important to note that SSC may be considerably more protracted than MTW operations. The paper is split into the following topics: 1) Foundations 2) Stakeholders 3) Measures of effectiveness 4) Scenarios 5) Techniques 6) Data 7) The future of SSC analysis

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA439129

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Casualties
  • Collateral Damage
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Planning
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Low Density
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Military Equipment
  • Operations Research
  • Psychology
  • Rear Areas
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Strategic Security Studies