Accession Number:

ADA379473

Title:

Strategic Mobility and the WMD Threat

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Jones Jr, Robert E.

Report Date:

2000-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Our CONUS bases are not prepared to deal with the effects of WMD. This is especially true of forces in the pre-deployment phase of a strategic deployment. What conditions combined to create strategic deployment dilemma This paper is written to identify and analyze these contributing conditions and offer potential solutions.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY STRATEGY
• *MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS
• *TERRORISM
• DEPLOYMENT
• CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
• BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION
• BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
• CHEMICAL WARFARE
• STRATEGIC WARFARE
• COUNTERTERRORISM

Subject Categories:

• Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare
• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE