Improving U.S. Capability to Deploy Ground Forces to Southwest Asia in the 1990s--A Briefing

Abstract

This Note was adapted from a Rand briefing reporting on the results of a study of various systems for improving future U.S. capabilities to project ground forces into Third Areas. The study was part of a larger effort, undertaken for the U.S. Air Force, which examined ways to enhance U.S. leverage in Persian Gulf/Middle East conflicts. Because of the importance of Southwest Asia to U.S. security interests and because of the difficulty of projecting U.S. forces there, that area was used as an example destination. The study was general in form, however, and was not tied to any specific scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA596212

Entities

People

  • P. M. Dadant

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Combat Support
  • Construction
  • Cost Estimates
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Southwest Asia
  • Suez Canal
  • Surface Effect Ships
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.