Route Security for Counterinsurgents.
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Authors
Rogers, Robert Pearsall
Subjects
Advisors
Lindsay, G.F.
Date of Issue
1967-06
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The problem of providing security for ground
lines of communications in the counterinsurgency environment
is examined. Several types of forces and modes of
employment are considered and analyzed in order to determine
their feasibility and desirability. Recommendations
are made for resource allocation in areas which have
different insurgent threat levels. Some economic and
political factors which affect route security are mentioned. A comparison, using Lanchester's equations, is
made of the reaction and escort modes of employment for
infantry forces providing security to a truck convoy.
Graphs are provided which show the effects of time on
reaction force feasibility.
Type
Thesis
Description
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Department
Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School