Download or read book Targeting Enemy Will from the Air An Effects Based Operation in Futility written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Clausewitz introduced the concept that an enemy's power is derived from his total means plus his will to resist, a debate has centered on which is more important, the enemy's military capability or his will. Air power theorists entered this debate and have long maintained that tactical and strategic aircraft alone have war winning capability because they can strike targets deep within a nation's interior. While trying to prove the primacy of air power, airmen have searched for targeting's "holy grail"--The critical node that will bring about the enemy's collapse. For many air power advocates, this target is the enemy's will to resist. History is littered with American and coalition bombing campaigns that have used a variety of methods to directly or indirectly target enemy will. For the most part, these campaigns have been relatively unsuccessful. The Air Force and Joint Forces Command have introduced a new concept that has put a new twist on this old theme. Effects-Based Operations (EBO) has been vigorously promoted by Air Force leadership as a methodology to attack strategic targets like enemy morale. Though cloaked in different terminology, EBO has the same limitations that conspired against previous air campaigns. This paper examines some of the critical issues affecting the ability to target enemy will from the air. By analyzing some of these weaknesses, Joint Force Commanders can apply combat aircraft in a more effective manner, vice using them as a sole means of achieving operational or theater strategic objectives.
Download or read book Effects Based Operations and Terrorism A Reprint from Air and Space Power Journal written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects Based Targeting Application in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, targeting in military operations has been a critical function in achieving victory on the battlefield. The process of identifying, prioritizing, and attacking targets in accordance with the commander's intent becomes even more critical in today's complex operational environment. The United States military must be able to apply effects-based targeting to capitalize on improved capabilities in operational fires and application of national resources against a dynamic, adapting enemy. This evolving method of conducting operations focuses on creating specific effects rather than focusing on military objectives. Currently, there are many different opinions within the military on the definition, application, and feasibility of effects-based targeting. This thesis defines and identifies effects-based concepts and analyzes their application during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Applying these developing concepts to recent operations will help create a better understanding of effects-based targeting and assist leaders in conducting operations in a complex environment. (4 tables, 4 figures, 48 refs.).
Download or read book Bombing for Effect written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many other new technologies, the use of airpower in war has gone through many changes as military leaders struggle to maximize its potential. Airpower assets have the unique capability to operate in all parts of an area of operations (AO) unrestricted by terrain and enemy fielded forces. This capability allows the military great flexibility in prosecuting targets to successfully achieve campaign objectives. However, airpower assets are a finite resource and great care must be taken to avoid minimizing the effects they can deliver. Much has been written about effects-based operations (EBO) throughout history, and the concept seems fairly simple on the surface. The leadership sets the objectives, and the military applies force in such a manner as to achieve effects that will allow attainment of those objectives. Joint Vision 2020 recognized the importance of EBO by stating, The concept of precision engagement extends beyond precisely striking a target with explosive ordnance. Information superiority will enhance the capability of the joint force commander to understand the situation, determine the effects desired, select a course of action and the forces to execute it, accurately assess the effects of that action, and reengage as necessary while minimizing collateral damage. During conflict, the commander will use precision engagement to obtain lethal and nonlethal effects in support of the objectives of the campaign. CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION * Background * Research Question * Subordinate Research Questions * Assumptions * Delimitations * CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW * Doctrine * Airpower Theory * Douhet and Mitchell * Pape * Boyd * Warden * Deptula * Vietnam Air Campaigns * Rolling Thunder * Linebacker I and II * Desert Storm Air Campaign * Operation Allied Force Air Campaign * CHAPTER 3 - RESEARCH METHODS * CHAPTER 4 - RESULTS AND ANALYSIS * What Is an Effects-Based Air Campaign? * Does the US Consciously Plan EBO? * Political Objectives Versus Military Objectives * Official Guidance * Planning for Desired Effects * COG Identification and Targeting for Effect * Enemy Adaptability * EBO Applied to All Levels of War * Previous US Successes and Failures * What Went Right? * What Went Wrong? * CHAPTER 5 - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Planning * Education * Future Study * Conclusion
Download or read book Coercive Effects based Operations Targeting Enemy Resolve written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the advent of the airplane air warfare theorists, and arguably strategists, have often overstated or misrepresented the capabilities of air power. There is no doubt that air power has capabilities and advantages that far outweigh conventional naval and ground forces. The ability to strike at your enemy over great distances, with great accuracy and at speeds unattainable by conventional forces puts air power in a class all it's own. It has arguably redefined the definition of the center of mass. It can be inherently strategic in nature in that it often allows for an attack of the strategic or operational center of gravity without the confrontation of conventional naval and ground forces. But, however swift and lethal air power may be, it is not above operational art application. Applying airpower to achieve aims vice objectives is at best a means of attaining ambiguous results and is a misuse of the capability. Air power has had a long history of coercive attempts. Success, if achieved, is thus likely to be as much the product of accident and good fortune as of design and skill. The use of air power must have clear theater-strategic or operational objectives with quantifiable rates of progress and not immeasurable effects. This lack of understanding can lead to the belief that air power alone, with it's many advantages over land and naval forces, can defeat the enemy; an erroneous conclusion that can only result in the unnecessary loss of personnel, material and time.
Download or read book Air Space Power Journal fall 05 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warfighting written by Department of the Navy and published by Vigeo Press. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manual describes the general strategy for the U.S. Marines but it is beneficial for not only every Marine to read but concepts on leadership can be gathered to lead a business to a family. If you want to see what make Marines so effective this book is a good place to start.
Download or read book Command Of The Air written by General Giulio Douhet and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
Download or read book Public Affairs and Information Operations A Strategy for Success written by Tadd Sholtis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USAF commanders are looking for better ways to use the global information environment to win the hearts and minds of Muslim populations and retain the goodwill of traditional allies. Their efforts occur against a backdrop of individuals who advocate the integration of public affairs and information operations and those who argue for their separation. As the public face of our joint forces, public affairs cannot thrive unless it is integrated with all core operational capabilities, including information operations.
Download or read book Effects based Targeting written by Matthew Butler and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Effects Based Operations has the potential to fundamentally change the way in which the RAAF approaches targeting. It will require targeting to not only analyse and select an adversarys vulnerabilities, but more importantly to map targets, their relationships to networks and their importance to our desired campaign plan to achieve desired effects. This book examines the practical development of targeting in terms of an effects based approach through aerial campaigns in World War One, World War Two, Korea and Vietnam, the Gulf War, Kosovo and the War in Iraq. Historical and recent case studies reveal how effects-based targeting concepts were conceived, implemented, what objectives were sought, what succeeded or failed, and what lessons may be drawn from those experiences. The reader is provided with a number of key points related to effects-based targeting and how cognitive effects influence adversary decision making."-- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Air Force Law Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Countdown to Zero Day written by Kim Zetter and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. “Immensely enjoyable . . . Zetter turns a complicated and technical cyber story into an engrossing whodunit.”—The Washington Post The virus now known as Stuxnet was unlike any other piece of malware built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it proved that a piece of code could escape the digital realm and wreak actual, physical destruction—in this case, on an Iranian nuclear facility. In these pages, journalist Kim Zetter tells the whole story behind the world’s first cyberweapon, covering its genesis in the corridors of the White House and its effects in Iran—and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a top secret sabotage campaign years in the making. But Countdown to Zero Day also ranges beyond Stuxnet itself, exploring the history of cyberwarfare and its future, showing us what might happen should our infrastructure be targeted by a Stuxnet-style attack, and ultimately, providing a portrait of a world at the edge of a new kind of war.
Download or read book We Were Caught Unprepared written by Matt M. Matthews and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The fact that the outcome of the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War was, at best, a stalemate for Israel has confounded military analysts. Long considered the most professional and powerful army in the Middle East, with a history of impressive military victories against its enemies, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) emerged from the campaign with its enemies undefeated and its prestige tarnished. This historical analysis of the war includes an examination of IDF and Hezbollah doctrine prior to the war, as well as an overview of the operational and tactical problems encountered by the IDF during the war. The IDF ground forces were tactically unprepared and untrained to fight against a determined Hezbollah force. ¿An insightful, comprehensive examination of the war.¿ Illustrations.
Download or read book United States Naval Institute Proceedings written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Military Aviation written by Charles Joseph Gross and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses major developments in aircraft, doctrine, training, and operations. The author also provides discussions of airlife, in-flight refueling, military budgets, industry, and inter-service squabbling. He deftly sketches the evolution of the air arms of each of the different services and provides clear analyisis of military budgets.
Download or read book The Art and Practice of Military Strategy written by George Edward Thibault and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
