Aerospace operations in urban environments [[electronic resource] ] : exploring new concepts / / Alan Vick ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.4/26
• Soggetto topico: Urban warfare; Air warfare
• Altri autori: VickAlan
• Note generali: "MR-1187-AF"--P. 4 of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-285).
• Nota di contenuto: ""PREFACE""; ""PROJECT AIR FORCE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""KEY FINDINGS""; ""THE NEED FOR IMPROVED URBAN OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES""; ""NEW CONCEPTS""; ""NEXT STEPS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""HOW LIKELY ARE URBAN OPERATIONS?""; ""THE NATURE OF URBAN MILITARY OPERATIONS""; ""From Rubble to Routine""; ""Redefining Warfare, Not Service Roles""; ""PURPOSE""; ""ORGANIZATION""; ""USING AEROSPACE POWER TO PREVENT THE URBAN FIGHT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HOW AEROSPACE POWER CAN FORESTALL URBAN OPERATIONS"" ; ""Anatomy of an Urban Military Operation""""Comparative Advantages of Aerospace Power""; ""Preclusion Strategies""; ""WHERE PRECLUSIONARY STRATEGIES MAY HAVE WORKED""; ""Al Khafji""; ""Kuwait City""; ""Southern Lebanon""; ""WHERE AEROSPACE POWER FAILED TO PREVENT URBAN COMBAT""; ""Lessons Learned""; ""The Second Chechen Battle""; ""WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES LEAVE NO CHOICE""; ""As a Tool for Joint Force Commanders""; ""The Limits of Aerospace Power in Urban Operations""; ""SUMMARY""; ""LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION"" ; ""LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""""Reciprocal Legal Duties and the DefenderÃŒs Obligations""; ""The International Legal Challenges of Urban Environments""; ""POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS ON URBAN OPERATIONS""; ""Sensitivity to American Casualties""; ""Sensitivity to Collateral Damage and Civilian Suffering""; ""RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND TARGETING""; ""THE ASYMMETRY OF CONSTRAINTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""AEROSPACE OPERATIONS AND THE URBAN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE NATURE OF URBAN TERRAIN""; ""Urban Terrain Zones and Their Characteristics"" ; ""Air Defenses on Urban Terrain""""SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""Sensor Cueing in the Urban Environment and a New Cueing Concept""; ""Target Identification/Tracking in the Urban Environment""; ""EO Sensors Versus Targets on Rooftops and in Streets""; ""EO Sensors Versus Targets Inside Buildings""; ""AERIAL WEAPON DELIVERY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT""; ""Aerial Weapon Trajectories and the Geometry of Urban Terrain""; ""Weapon Effects and Urban Terrain""; ""AIRLIFT IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS""; ""CONCLUSIONS"" ; ""NEW CONCEPTS FOR ACCOMPLISHING KEY TASKS IN URBAN OPERATIONS""""INTRODUCTION""; ""STOP MOVEMENT OF COMBATANTS, VEHICLES, AND EQUIPMENT""; ""PROVIDE RAPID, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGERY FOR TARGET ID""; ""DETECT AND NEUTRALIZE ADVERSARY AMBUSH POSITIONS""; ""DETECT AND NEUTRALIZE SNIPERS""; ""MONITOR HIGH-PRIORITY TARGETS""; ""RESUPPLY ISOLATED FRIENDLY GROUND FORCES""; ""PROVIDE CLOSE SUPPORT FOR GROUND FORCES""; ""THE ROLE OF THE JOINT CONTROL CENTER""; ""ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR URBAN AEROSPACE OPERATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION"" ; ""THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Key Functions and the Scope of Air Force Involvement""
• Titolo autorizzato: Aerospace operations in urban environments
• ISBN: 0-8330-4391-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777377403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II