Accession Number:

ADA463549

Title:

Maritime Operational Threat Response Center: The Missing Piece in the National Strategy for Maritime Security

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Gordon, John J.

Report Date:

2006-05-16

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

The United States is developing a unified strategy to manage Maritime Security. The task requires coordination of a number of U.S. Government agencies and coalition partners. The Maritime Operational Threat Response MOTR plan is designed to coordinate the response across multiple agencies. Coordination of the response to a Maritime Operational Threat is done via virtual collaboration across the MOTR agencies. This organizational arrangement is less than optimal. The United States requires a single operational command center to synthesis, coordinate, and direct the operational response to threats in the Maritime Domain. This paper describes the advantages of a Maritime Operational Threat Response Center to coordinate the response to threats from the Maritime Domain.

Descriptors:

• *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• *THREATS
• *ATTACK
• *RESPONSE
• *TERRORISM
• *PORTS(FACILITIES)
• *SHIPPING
• NATIONAL SECURITY
• VULNERABILITY
• INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• MERCHANT VESSELS
• HOMELAND SECURITY
• CARGO SHIPS
• COOPERATION
• PREVENTION
• OCEANS
• PROTECTION
• CONTROL CENTERS
• CRISIS MANAGEMENT
• STRATEGY
• ECONOMIC IMPACT

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Surface Transportation and Equipment
• Civil Defense
• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE