A New Hope? Overcoming the Limitations of Effects-Based Operations

Abstract

Effects-Based Operations as a "new" concept is entering its sixteenth year of notoriety. Its emergence following the Gulf War (1990-1991) heralded the beginning of a shift in focus from fighting attrition warfare against a large conventional adversary to operations that generate effects. The purpose is to create a synergistic operation resulting in a desired effect kinetic or psychological that limits casualties on both sides, as well as collateral damage to the surrounding area. In today's construct, we analyze the operating environment as a system within a system, with the resulting operations targeting either the nodes (person, place or thing that is a system component) or linkages (relationships between nodes) of these systems with a desired end state of capitulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470800

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  • Adam R. Sanderson

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  • Naval War College

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