Accession Number:

ADA318788

Title:

Defense Science Board. 1996 Summer Study Task Force on Tactics and Technology for 21st Century Military Superiority. Volume 1.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1996-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

171.0

Abstract:

This report is a result of finding new ways to make rapidly deployable forces much more effective than they are today. The report indicates that substantial, possibly revolutionary, improvements in the effectiveness of rapidly deployable forces are feasible. The concepts in the report can be refined, tested and evolved into fielded capabilities over the next two decades. The essence of this new expeditionary force is an ability to mass fire rather than forces. It relies on an ensemble of remote weapons effective against all types of targets an extensive suite of sensors, information processors and information warfare capabilities to provide situation understanding dominance a ground force comprised of light agile combat cells that offer few targets for the enemy a precision logistics capacity that provides the right stuff at the right place at the right time and a robust information infrastructure that ties this distributed force together. This report describes potential ways to achieve these capabilities as well as meet other challenges including command, force insertion and training.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• *MILITARY TACTICS
• *DEFENSE PLANNING
• *INFORMATION PROCESSING
• WARFARE
• DETECTORS
• CAPACITY(QUANTITY)
• INFANTRY
• DISTRIBUTION
• CELLS
• MASS
• LIGHT
• PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
• TIME
• PRECISION
• LOGISTICS
• FIRES
• INFRASTRUCTURE

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Defense Systems
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE