Aerospace Operations in Urban Environments : Exploring New Concepts.

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 DefenderÌs 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 -- Laser Radar Mapping -- Stereoscopic Electro-Optical Imaging -- Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar -- Comparison of 3-D Imaging Technology -- Platform Trade-Offs -- Software Exploitation of 3-D Urban Maps -- COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT UAV Relays -- Through-the-Wall Communications -- Pseudolites -- IMAGING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR URBAN OPERATIONS -- NON-IMAGING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR URBAN OPERATIONS -- Seismic and Acoustic Sensors -- Through-the-Wall Radar -- Remote Listening -- Chemical Sniffing -- SENSOR FUSION IN SUPPORT OF URBAN OPERATIONS -- AIR-LAUNCHED SENSOR PLATFORMS -- LIMITED-EFFECTS MUNITIONS -- Kinetic-Energy Weapons -- ÏLaser-Guided Hand GrenadesÓ -- Miniature Glide Bombs, Cruise Missiles, and Killer UAVs -- Nonlethal Weapons -- CONCLUSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY FINDINGS -- THE NEED FOR IMPROVED URBAN OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES -- TECHNOLOGICAL PROMISES AND THE REALITY OF WAR.

NEXT STEPS -- TRIGONOMETRIC CALCULATIONS FOR URBAN LINES OF SIGHT -- MICROWAVE RECHARGING OF MINI-UAVs AND MICRO- UAVs -- DETECTING SNIPERS -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST URBAN AIR OPERATIONS -- CLOSE AIR SUPPORT -- Results -- Effectiveness Factors -- LOGISTICS SUPPORT -- Results -- Effectiveness Factors -- INTERDICTION AND SIEGE SUPPORT -- Results -- Effectiveness Factors -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.