The recent spate of urban operations in Panama, Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia has motivated the Department of Defense to put considerable effort into identifying and correcting shortcomings in the United States' ability to successfully conduct urban military operations. Project Air Force undertook a yearlong investigation of the role that aerospace forces can play in joint urban military operations. This study sought to help the USAF better understand how the urban physical, social, and political environment constrains aerospace operations, to identify key operational tasks that aerospace forces can help accomplish, and to develop new concepts of operation, including enabling technologies, to enhance the contribution that aerospace forces make to joint urban operations.

Aerospace Operations in Urban Environments: Exploring New Concepts

History

Lambeth, Benjamin S.

Frelinger, David R.

Stillion, John

Kvitry, Joel S.

Vick, Alan

Military

RAND Corporation

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 3continuum of force2

Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations Amid Populations

Gordon, John

Libicki, Martin C.

Gompert, David C.

Johnson, Stuart E.

The Global Force Management Data Initiative was launched to improve aggregation of unclassified force-structure data. Aggregation, though, raised concerns about classification because the system might be attractive to a potential adversary. The authors develop a framework for evaluating classification decisions to determine that, while overall classification is not indicated, the inclusion of some data will require careful consideration.

What Should Be Classified?: A Framework with Application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Engineering & Transportation

Jackson, Brian A.

Lachman, Beth E.

Ip, Cesse

Engineering

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits

Business & Money

Halliday, John

Peltz, Eric

Sollinger, Jerry M.

McNerney, Michael J.

Eaton, Derek

Greenfield, Victoria A.

Lostumbo, Michael J.

Mills, Patrick

Nardulli, Bruce R.

Worman, Stephen M.

Management & Leadership

A Rand study analyzed trends in the development of Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (centered on Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) and multiple types of operations from 1996 to 2017.

The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power

Morgan, Forrest E.

Hagen, Jeff

DeLuca, Paul

Heginbotham, Eric

Nixon, Michael

Heim, Jacob L.

Li, Sheng

Engstrom, Jeffrey

Shlapak, David A.

Laird, Burgess

Brady, Kyle

Morris, Lyle J.

Asia

This report analyzes Taiwan’s options for allocating resources for air defense, describes the essential air defense problem that China poses, characterizes the current capabilities and level of funding that Taiwan invests in air defense, and develops several alternative investment strategies. The authors then test those investment strategies in three vignettes that span the range of conflict, from limited coercion to a full invasion.

Air Defense Options for Taiwan: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Operational Benefits

Wilson, Barry

Williams Professor of Philosophy Deakin University, James

Despite its global advantages, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s current deterrent posture in the Baltic states is militarily weak and generally questionable. A Russian invasion there would almost surely capture some or all of those states’ capital cities within a few days, presenting NATO with a fait accompli. This report examines what role nonstrategic nuclear weapons could play in deterring such an invasion.

Exploring the Role Nuclear Weapons Could Play in Deterring Russian Threats to the Baltic States

Davis, Paul K.

Oberholtzer, Jenny

Geist, Edward

Gilmore, Christopher K.

Tarraf, Danielle C.

Gilmore, J. Michael

Americas

Because of the widespread use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), concerns have been expressed that a disruption of GPS might require a national investment in backup capabilities. The authors assess the costs associated with realistic threats to domestic, nonmilitary uses of GPS, and review possible additions to the PNT ecosystem in light of those costs.

Analyzing a More Resilient National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capability

KENNEDY, Michael

Vermeer, Michael J. D.

Conley, Tim

Pint, Ellen M.

Rockstroh, Parousia

Mason, Richard

Stanley, Karlyn D.

Bonomo, James

Consaul, Ryan

Galvan, David A.

Goldfeld, Dahlia Anne

Grossman, Scott A.

Koym, V. Ray

Mastbaum, Jason

Nguyen, Thao (Liz)

Shostak, Melissa Corinne

Stickells, Anne

Economics

Using Modeling and Simulation to Advance Effects-Based Security Forces Planning: Developing Prototype Approaches to Estimate Risk Reduction Across Security Missions

LAWRENCE, ANTHONY

Light, Thomas

Kilambi, Vikram

Chesler, Aisha Najera

Emslie, Paul

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