Influence Small State Force Design

Abstract

Small states make decisions regarding their security needs based on historical lessons learned. Small state force design, meaning specification of the size and type of armed forces a nation needs, is guided by the nation's national security strategy. This Strategy Research Project proposes the use of capability-based planning and the building block approach as analytical tools that small nations can use to design their armed forces. The design of an armed force has to answer to many expectations, not all of them military in nature. The building block approach provides flexibility in design, or force modularity. The nation's command and control system has to link capabilities requirements with the modular approach in an effective way. Different tradeoffs may have to be made using this methodology, but it is still advisable to use capability-based planning and modularity for the force design of small nations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561427

Entities

People

  • Ivan Mikuz

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • European Union
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Organizational Structure
  • Security
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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