إرشادات مقترحات البحث معلومات خط الزمن الفهارس الخرائط الصور الوثائق الأقسام

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

6

FINDINGS

7

ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE

 

The New Battlefield Balance

10

Mix of Forces

10

Communications That Work

10

Tactical Missile Defenses ( TMD )

10

Makeup of the post - Cold War Navy

11

1.

OPERATION DESERT STORM EXAMINED:
CONDUCT OF THE WAR IN SOUTHWEST ASIA

Introduction

13

Historical Legacy

13

Prelude to War: No Rotation Policy Limits Choices

15

Air Power: The Most Significant Factor In Winning War

15

Air Power as an Instrument of War

16

The Air Tasking Order

16

Tank Plinking and Other Operation Desert Storm  Innovation

17

Interservice Fights Avoided

18

Ground Campaign Ultimately Forced Iraqi Military Out of Kuwait

 

Deception Works

18

Plans to Fight in Europe Created Problems in Southwest  Asia

19

Using Ground Contingency Units

20

What the War Reveals About Our Military

21

High Tech Works

21

Benefits of High Tech in the Air Campaign

21

Benefits of High Tech on the Ground

22

U. S.Troops Most Qualified Ever

23

Communications Hampered by Old, Incompatible Equipment

24

Tactical Missile Defenses Succeed Politically, Raise Technical questions

25

Minehunting on Land and at Sea

26

Counting the Iraqi Army

28

Table I: Accounting for the Iraqi Army

30

Table II: Accounting for the Iraqi Troops:

 

A Rough Estimate of Enemy Strength

31

The New Battlefield Balance

31

New Thinking About Tooth to Tail

31

Complexity of Warfare Requires Sophisticated Support

32

Striving for a Balanced Military

34

Balance in the Force Structure

34

Balance Within Weapon Systems

35

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