Aerospace operations in urban environments [[electronic resource] ] : exploring new concepts / / Alan Vick ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.4/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) | VickAlan |
Soggetto topico |
Urban warfare
Air warfare |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8330-4391-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450023203321 |
Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Aerospace operations in urban environments [[electronic resource] ] : exploring new concepts / / Alan Vick ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.4/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) | VickAlan |
Soggetto topico |
Urban warfare
Air warfare |
ISBN | 0-8330-4391-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777377403321 |
Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Aerospace operations in urban environments : exploring new concepts / / Alan Vick ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.4/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) | VickAlan |
Soggetto topico |
Urban warfare
Air warfare |
ISBN | 0-8330-4391-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819056803321 |
Arlington, VA, : Rand, c2000 | ||
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Aerospace power in urban warfare [[electronic resource] ] : beware the hornet's nest / / Peter C. Hunt |
Autore | Hunt Peter C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Colorado Springs], Colo. : , : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy, , [2001] |
Collana | INSS occasional paper ;Aerospace issues and planning series |
Soggetto topico |
Aeronautics, Military - United States
Urban warfare Air warfare Air defenses Space warfare |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Aerospace power in urban warfare |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910689748303321 |
Hunt Peter C | ||
[Colorado Springs], Colo. : , : USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy, , [2001] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The art of darkness : deception and urban operations / / Scott Gerwehr and Russell W. Glenn |
Autore | Gerwehr Scott <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (89 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.4/26 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GlennRussell W |
Soggetto topico |
Deception (Military science)
Street fighting (Military science) Urban warfare |
ISBN |
1-282-45112-X
9786612451126 0-8330-4831-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One - Introduction; The Problem; The Goals of This Report; The Methodology; The Source Materials; Chapter Two - Urban Terrain and Urban Operations; What is the Nature of Urban Terrain?; How is Urban Terrain Distinct from Other Types of Terrain?; What Kinds of Operations are Performed in Urban Terrain?; How Does Urban Terrain Affect Those Operations?; Chapter Three - Deception; What is Deception? What is Military Deception?; What Would Deception be Used For?; Who Would Use Deception?
How is Deception Employed?The Contextual Requirements of Deception; The Process of Deception; The Means of Deception; How Useful is Deception?; What are the Dangers of Employing Deception?; Chapter Four - The Role of Deception in Urban Operations; What Kind of Urban Operations is Deception Applicable to?; How Does Urban Terrain Alter Deception?; How Does Urban Terrain Help Deception?; Hypotheses on Deception in Urban Operations; Historical Support for Hypotheses; How Might Urban Terrain Hinder Deception?; Chapter Five - Conclusions; Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219984103321 |
Gerwehr Scott <1968-> | ||
Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Attack Helicopter Operations In Urban Terrain |
Autore | Jones Major Timothy A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (42 pages) |
Disciplina | 358.41829999999999 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban warfare
United States. Army Attack helicopters |
ISBN | 1-78289-523-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- Introduction -- Roots of Attack Aviation and Historical Precedence -- MOUT and Attack Helicopter Doctrine -- Urban Terrain and Its Impact on Attack Helicopter Operations -- Urban Attack Helicopter Operations -- Advantages of Attack Helicopters in MOUT -- Conclusion and Implications for Future Urban Conflicts -- Bibliography -- Books -- Articles -- Reports and Monographs -- Joint Publications and Field Manuals -- Unpublished Materials. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163330103321 |
Jones Major Timothy A | ||
San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Block by block : the challenges of urban operations / / William G. Robertson, general editor ; Lawrence A. Yates, managing editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : , : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.426 |
Soggetto topico | Urban warfare |
Soggetto genere / forma | Case studies. |
ISBN | 1-78289-778-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163186003321 |
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : , : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Breaching walls in urban warfare / / Major Anthony E. Hartle |
Autore | Hartle Anthony E. <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (71 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.426 |
Soggetto topico | Urban warfare |
ISBN | 1-78289-671-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163188603321 |
Hartle Anthony E. <1942-> | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 2014 | ||
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Breaking the mold [[electronic resource] ] : tanks in the cities / / Kendall D. Gott |
Autore | Gott Kendall D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : , : Combat Studies Institute Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 132 pages : digital, PDF file |
Soggetto topico |
Street fighting (Military science)
Urban warfare Tanks (Military science) Armored vehicles, Military |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Breaking the mold |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694156703321 |
Gott Kendall D | ||
Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : , : Combat Studies Institute Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cities, war, and terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : towards an urban geopolitics / / edited by Stephen Graham |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishing, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GrahamStephen <1965-> |
Collana | Studies in urban and social change |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns
Urban warfare Terrorism |
ISBN |
1-281-32279-2
9786611322793 0-470-75303-X 0-470-75302-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CITIES, WAR, AND TERRORISM: TOWARDS AN URBAN GEOPOLITICS; Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Introduction: Cities, Warfare, and States of Emergency; Part I: Cities, War, and Terrorism in History and Theory; Introduction to Part I; 1 Cities as Strategic Sites: Place Annihilation and Urban Geopolitics; 2 The City-as-Target, or Perpetuation and Death; 3 Shadow Architectures: War, Memories, and Berlin's Futures; 4 Another Anxious Urbanism: Simulating Defense and Disaster in Cold War America
5 Living (Occasionally Dying) Together in an Urban World6 Everyday Technics as Extraordinary Threats: Urban Technostructures and Non-Places in Terrorist Actions; Part II: Urbicide and the Urbanization of Warfare; Introduction to Part II; 7 New Wars of the City: Relationships of ''Urbicide'' and ''Genocide''; 8 Urbicide in Bosnia; 9 Strategic Points, Flexible Lines, Tense Surfaces, and Political Volumes: Ariel Sharon and the Geometry of Occupation; 10 Constructing Urbicide by Bulldozer in the Occupied Territories 11 City Streets -- The War Zones of Globalization: Democracy and Military Operations on Urban Terrain in the Early Twenty-First Century12 Continuity and Discontinuity: The Grammar of Urban Military Operations; Part III: Exposed Cities: Urban Impacts of Terrorism and the ''War on Terror''; Introduction to Part III; 13 Urban Warfare: A Tour of the Battlefield; 14 The ''War on Terrorism'' and Life in Cities after September 11, 2001; 15 Recasting the ''Ring of Steel'': Designing Out Terrorism in the City of London? 16 Technology vs. ''Terrorism'': Circuits of City Surveillance Since September 11, 200117 Urban Dimensions of the Punishment of Afghanistan by US Bombs; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145304503321 |
Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishing, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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