Determining tactical usage of non-lethal weapons for fixed site security of U.S. embassies

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dc.contributor.advisorLucas, Thomas W.
dc.contributor.authorMaldonado, Zachary M.
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research (OR)
dc.contributor.secondreaderRaffetto, Mark
dc.dateJun-17
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-14T16:49:19Z
dc.date.available2017-08-14T16:49:19Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractThe 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, exposed a national vulnerability. In response, the Marine Corps established Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Forces Crisis Response elements to support combatant commanders. One of their key tasks is to conduct an embassy reinforcement if required. This research uses modeling and simulation to explore the tactical use of an area fire non-lethal weapon (NLW) on crowds outside of a U.S. embassy. The research explores the following: 1. Is the NLW effective at reducing the lethality of the situation? 2. Are there any tactical insights gained by using agent-based simulation? 3. Is there a tactical benefit to reducing the minimum engagement range for the NLW? The results of this research indicate that having this non-lethal capability does reduce the lethality of the scenario, and all posts should carry at least two NLWs. Additionally, if three NLWs are assigned to each post, the other factors explored have little impact. Finally, reducing the minimum engagement range does present a tactical benefit, but only if reduced to less than 20 meters.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceCaptain, United States Marine Corpsen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/determiningtacti1094555648
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/55648
dc.publisherMonterey, California: Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authornon-lethal capabilitiesen_US
dc.subject.authornon-lethal weaponsen_US
dc.subject.authorforce protectionen_US
dc.subject.authorembassy securityen_US
dc.subject.authoragent-based modelen_US
dc.subject.authorsimulationen_US
dc.subject.authoragent-based simulationen_US
dc.subject.authorPythagorasen_US
dc.subject.authordata farmingen_US
dc.subject.authordesign of experimentsen_US
dc.subject.authordata analysisen_US
dc.titleDetermining tactical usage of non-lethal weapons for fixed site security of U.S. embassiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineOperations Researchen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Operations Researchen_US
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