Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations Amid Populations

Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 12
Tables......Page 14
Summary......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 28
Abbreviations......Page 30
Framing the Challenge......Page 32
Current DoD Nonlethal Weapons Programs......Page 38
The Void Between Lethality and Inaction......Page 42
Missions Sans Martyrs......Page 44
Non-COIN Missions......Page 46
Humanitarian Intervention......Page 47
Peacekeeping......Page 49
Protection of U.S. Personnel and Property......Page 51
Quelling Civil Disturbance......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 54
Stretching Our Thinking......Page 58
Time, Knowledge, and Judgment Along the Continuum......Page 59
Nonmilitary Experience......Page 63
Technological Possibilities......Page 68
Taking Stock......Page 69
Developing Requirements......Page 72
(1) Types of Persons Engaged......Page 96
(3) Types of Effects Desired......Page 97
A Matrix of Requirements......Page 98
Confronting Uncertainty......Page 99
Initial Effects......Page 102
Decision-Making......Page 106
Analyzing the Scenarios......Page 108
Conclusions......Page 110
The Active Denial System......Page 114
Tasers......Page 116
Dazzlers......Page 117
Femto-Second Lasers......Page 118
Kinetics......Page 120
Tear Gas......Page 121
Flash-Bangs......Page 123
General Observations......Page 124
Assessing the Alternatives......Page 126
A Promising Approach......Page 129
Adding an Information Component: Cell Phones and Video......Page 133
Political Realities, Reactions, and Risks......Page 136
Assessment......Page 140
Notional Concept of Operation......Page 142
Preparation and Organization......Page 148
Feasibility......Page 154
Integration......Page 156
Investment and Implementation......Page 158
CHAPTER NINE: Conclusion and Recommendations......Page 162
Bibliography......Page 166