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The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a "continuum of force"--A suite of cap...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
Autres auteurs: Gompert, David C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2009.
Collection:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Sujets:
United States. > Armed Forces > Drill and tactics.
Armed Forces (United States)
Urban warfare.
Counterinsurgency.
Guerre urbaine.
Contre-rébellion.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > International Security.
TECHNOLOGY > Military Science.
Artillery drill and tactics
Counterinsurgency
Urban warfare
USA > military operations > population.
USA > military operations > military technology > R & D.
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Résumé:The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are trying to earn. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a "continuum of force"--A suite of capabilities that includes sound, light, lasers, cell phones, and video cameras. These technologies are available but have received insufficient attention
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxx, 137 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-137).
ISBN:9780833047120
0833047124
1282081675
9781282081673
9786612081675
6612081678

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