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Title

Underkill : scalable capabilities for military operations amid populations / David C. Gompert ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Gompert, David C.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xxx, 137 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-848.

Subject

• Counterinsurgency
• United States > Drill and tactics
• United States. > Drill and tactics
• Urban warfare

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- The policy setting -- Possibilities -- Requirements -- Technology options -- A promising approach -- Operation, preparation, and organization -- Feasibility, Integration, and implementation -- Conclusion and recommendations.

ISBN

9780833046840 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009009267

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library