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Reports 'Collateral Damage?': The War on Terror and New Security Challenges in the Caucasus and Central Asia This web site provides access to the full text of a conference paper by Anar Ahmadov which was delivered at the UK Political Studies Association annual conference, University of Lincoln 5-8 April 2004. The paper examines the impact of the US foreign policy 'war against terrorism' on security, terrorism and the rise of radical Islam in the nations of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan). This paper is in pdf format and so requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use.
no title available no description supplied 9/11 Commission Report This is the full text pdf version of the report (7.4 Mb). It is the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also know as the 9-11 Commission) which was set up to investigate the events surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. It looks at the hijacking of the airliners and the response to the terrorist attacks, the calls for terrorist attacks on America since 1992, the formation and organisation of Al Qaeda, the evolution of counterterrorism and intelligence since the first World Trade Center bombing, responses to Al Qaeda's initial assaults, preparedness and emergency response and the War on Terrorism. A History of socio-cultural intelligence and research under the occupation of Japan The author discusses United States nation-building in post surrender Japan in World War II. Two complementary but rival organizations within MacArthur’s Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers staff were created to discover Japanese culture andviews to assist with successful demilitarization and the development of democracy. For perhaps the first time in history, sociological research was used along-side intelligence analysis by the leaders of the occupying forces. The new framework established under the occupation became a model of how to process and produce foreign socio-cultural intelligence and research during nation building. A More Secure World : Our Shared Responsibility : Report of the Secretary General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change Published in December 2004 by the United Nations, this report sets out the UN's vision for collective security in the twenty first century and looks at threats to international security, policies for prevention, response to threats and the use of military force, how the UN can meet 21st century needs, and the future. Part one looks at building a new security consensus including the case for collective security, limits of self protection and sovereignty. Part two looks at collective security and the challenge of prevention including poverty, conflict between and within states, nuclear biological radiological and chemical weapons, terrorism, transnational organised crime and sanctions. Part three coverscolelctive security and the use of force including legality, legitimacy, peacekeeping and post conflict peacebuilding. Part four looks at how to make and organisationally more effective UN. The report is available in English, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish. A Performance Review of FEMAs Disaster Management Activities in Response to Hurricane Katrina This is the pdf version of the report, OIG 06 32, produced by the US Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, Office of Inspections and Special Reviews, and published in March 2006. The report looks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster management activities in response to Hurricane Katrina. In particular whether the laws, regulations, plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, resources and the organisational structure of FEMA were adequate to meet emergency management needs. A Swift, Elusive Sword : What If Sun Tzu and John Boyd Did A National Defense Review This report is from the Center for Defense Information's Military Reform Project, written by Chester W. Richards, it was first published in July 2001 and updated in February 2003. Richards argues that the traditional strategies of Sun Tzu and Col. John R. Boyd USAF could be a solution to the transformation of the armed forces. The paper makes the point that the effectiveness of forces rather than individual weapon systems is of prime importance. The report analyses the strategies of Sun Tzu and Boyd, looks at the role of military force and what makes the force effective, maneouvre warfare and options for a new force structure. A Ticking time bomb : counter terrorism lessons from the U.S. Government's failure to prevent the Fort Hood attack A special report by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Susan Collins, chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Report is on the Fort Hood massacre and "finds internal disputes, poor coordination at FBI and failure to acknowledge violent Islamist extremism at DoD. Accelerated Logistics : Streamlining the Army's Supply Chain This provides access to RAND report MR-1140-A, prepared by Mark Y. D. Wang and James Champy, dated 2000. It describes the U.S. Army's Velocity Management (VM) initiative, which has enabled a dramatic streamlining of the supply chain, so that order and ship times for repair parts have been cut by nearly two-thirds. The text is available in PDF format. Accelerating Technology Transition : Bridging the Valley of Death for Materials and Processes in Defense Systems This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Accelerating Technology Transition, National Materials Advisory Board, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, and the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, published by the National Academies Press in 2004. The report looks at methods to accelerate technology transition into US military systems which will be crucial to the creation of a more flexible fighting force, through identifying lessons that can be learned from commercial design and manufacturing groups who implement rapid technology applications. The report looks at three key areas; creating a culture for innovation and rapid technology transition; methodologies and approaches; and enabling tools and databases. Adult Learning Inspectorate : Ministry of Defence Survey In May 2004, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces appointed the Adult Learning Inspectorate to carry out an independent inspection of the training establishments of the UK Armed Forces. In October 2004, the inspections began and focused on the welfare and duty of care of recruits and trainees in initial training and whether new welfare provisions that came about due to the deaths of recruits at Deepcut training barracks have been sufficient. This site provides full text documents relating to the survey including the letter of appointment of the ALI; opening statement from David Sherlock, Chief Inspector of Adult Learning to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee; memorandum of understanding between the MoD and ALI; terms of reference of the survey; scope of the survey; and the final report published in March 2005, Safer Training, Managing Risks to the Welfare of Recruits in the British Armed Services, along with the accompanying press release, ministerial foreword, and statement made by David Sherlock. Advanced Technologies for Military Training This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Meeting Proceeding, RTO-MP-HFM-101, dated April 2004. It provides the full text papers of the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium held in Genoa, Italy, on 13-15 October 2003. The papers discuss military training and simulation, looking particularly at technologies for their improvement. Topics covered are grouped under the headings simulation and virtual reality, research results, team and collective training, training analysis and evaluation, distributed simulation, command and control and leadership training, and training methods and perspectives. AEF Fuels Management Pocket Guide Published by the US Air Force Logistics Management Agency (AFLMA), the guide is designed to assist in understanding fuels issues as they relate to aerospace expeditionary force (AEF) operations. The information is intended to provide a broad overview of many issues and be useful to anyone who has an interest in the Air Force fuels business. The text is available in PDF format. Afghanistan : mid year Report 2010 protection of civilians in armed conflict The human cost of the armed conflict in Afghanistan is escalating in 2010. In the first six months of the year, civilian casualties – including deaths and injuries of civilians – increased by 31 per cent over the same period in 2009. Three quarters of all civilian casualties were linked to Anti-Government Elements (AGEs), an increase of 53 per cent from 2009. At the same time, civilian casualties attributed to Pro-Government Forces (PGF) decreased by 30 per cent compared to the first half of 2009.{original abstract] Afghanistan : Reconstituting a Collapsed State This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Raymond A. Millen. It looks at the reconstruction of Afghanistan following Operation Enduring Freedom, the role of warlords in impeding Afghanistan's revival and examines strategies for post conflict operations and counterinsurgency. Afghanistan's Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Council on Foreign Relations Special Report number 12 written by Dr Barnett R. Rubin and published in March 2006. The report discusses stability and post war reconstruction in Afghanistan following Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 and looks at the challenges posed by the terrorist insurgency based in Pakistan and the drug trade. It discusses the Afghanistan Compact which was approved in January 2006 and will provide a road map for security, governance, and development over the next five years and suggests that the United States should take the lead in ensuring its implementation. Afghanistan: the culmination of the Bonn process This is the full text PDF of Research Paper 05/72 published 26 October 2005 by the International Affairs and Defence Section of the House of Commons Library. The paper gives an historical overview up to the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001 including the Bonn process, the changing security environment, drugs, disarmament and demobilisation. Agroterrorism : Threats and Preparedness This is the full text pdf version of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress, RL3251, published in August 2004 and written by Jim Monke, Analyst in Agricultural Policy, Resources, Science and Industry Division. It looks at the national security threat posed by terrorist attacks against agricultural targets (agroterrorism). The chapters cover agriculture as target, federal recognition of agroterrorism threats, possible pathogens that could be used in a plant or animal attack, countering the threat through deterrence and prevention and detection and response, and issues for Congress. Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept This is a full text pdf version of a CRS Report for Congress, written by Christopher Bolkom and published in May 2004. The paper is about the development of a bomber variant of the F/A-22 Raptor which could bridge the gap between today's bombers and the next generation bomber in 2037. The paper looks at the background to the modification programme and issues encountered including range, speed payload, survivability, and potential alternatives. Airborne Spacing in the Terminal Area : Study of Non-nominal Situations : CoSpace Prototyping Session IV This working paper (EEC-2006-003) was published by the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre in March 2006. The objective of the previous prototyping session (12-14 December 2005) was to explore (1) the working methods when using the ASAS airspace structure with no ASAS equipped aircraft (without and with moderate wind); (2) the introduction of a third entry point (one minority flow) with its associated sequencing leg (full ASAS equipage) and (3) the use of two sequencing legs of same direction with a 45° orientation (full ASAS equipage). The objective of the present session was to investigate: • The use of three entry points with balanced traffic flows (mixed ASAS equipage). • The working methods when using the ASAS airspace structure under strong wind conditions (no ASAS equipped aircraft). [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it.
no title available no description supplied All Electric Combat Vehicles (AECV) for Future Applications This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Technical Report, RTO-TR-AVT-047, dated July 2004. The report was sponsored by the RTO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT) Task Group. It analyses studies from the past decade on All Electronic Combat Vehicles and looks at enabling technologies and electric vehicle drives looking in particular at technology requirements, mobility, survivability and lethality, modelling and simulation, and power generation. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (12.8 Mb) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Alternatives to Anti-Personnel Landmines This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-040(I), written by Mr. K.T. Wong and Mr. E.R. Carbone for the RTO Studies Analysis and Simulation Panel, dated May 2003. The report considers alternative technology to anti-personnel landmines and the impact on force capabilities of not using landmines. This has become an issue beacuse seventeen out of nineteen NATO nations have signed the Ottawa Convention which prohibits the use of landmines. The report looks at anti-personnel mine capability, both materiel (technological) and non-materiel (tactics, doctrine) alternatives. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (3.37 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. American Bar Association Task Force on Terrorism and the Law: Report and Recommendations on Military Commissions 2002 This is a copy of a full text report published by the American Bar Association in January 2002. It examines the legal authority of military commissions, focusing specifically on their use to detain terrorist suspects in the light of the 'war against terrorism'. Reference is made to the case of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Users should note that the full text is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. American Grand Strategy After 9/11 : An Assessment This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Dr Stephen Biddle. It looks at the United States grand strategy and American national security policy since September 2001; American interests in the post 9/11 world; threats to American interests; the War on Terrorism and counter terrorism strategy; and resolving the ambiguities in American grand strategy through using either rollback or containment. American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat Between May 2009 and November 2010, arrests were made for 22 “homegrown,” jihadist- inspired terrorist plots by American citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States. Two of these resulted in attacks—U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan’s alleged assault at Fort Hood in Texas and Abdulhakim Muhammed’s shooting at the U.S. Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock, AR—and produced 14 deaths. By comparison, in more than seven years from the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes (9/11) through May 2009, there were 21 such plots. Two resulted in attacks, and no more than six plots occurred in a single year (2006). The apparent spike in such activity after May 2009 suggests that at least some Americans—even if a tiny minority—continue to be susceptible to ideologies supporting a violent form of jihad. This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. “Homegrown” and “domestic” are terms that describe terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The term “jihadist” describes radicalized individuals using Islam as an ideological and/or religious justification for their belief in the establishment of a global caliphate, or jurisdiction governed by a Muslim civil and religious leader known as a caliph. The term “violent jihadist” characterizes jihadists who have made the jump to illegally supporting, plotting, or directly engaging in violent terrorist activity. The report also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyzes post-9/11 domestic jihadist terrorism and describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities. One appendix provides details about each of the post-9/11 homegrown jihadist terrorist plots and attacks. A second appendix describes engagement and partnership activities by federal agencies with Muslim-American communities. Finally, the report offers policy considerations for Congress. There is an 'executive summary' at the beginning that summarizes the report’s findings, observations, and policy considerations for Congress. [originator's abstract] An Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy This is an electronic book from the US National Academies Press, published in 2005. It is available in full text in Open Book format and was produced by the Committee to Assess Potential Health Effects from Exposures to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy, National Research Council. PAVE PAWS is a phased-array warning system designed to detect and track sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated on Cape Cod since 1979 by the U.S. Air Force Space Command. In 1979, the National Research Council issued two reports to address concerns from Cape Cod residents about the safety and possible health effects of the radiofrequency energy from the radar. Following up on the 1979 report, the new report finds no evidence of adverse health effects to Cape Cod residents from long-term exposure to the PAVE PAWS radar. Annual Report of International Terrorist Activity 2001 Report provided by the Emergency Response and Research Institute and edited by Jeremy Zakis. The report provides a definition of terrorism, information on September 11, lists of terrorist organisations, an international terrorism situational assessment and terrorist statistics for 2000 and 2001. Anti Terror Measures at US Nuclear Plants Written by Eban Kaplan and published by the Council on Foreign Relations in April 2006. The paper looks at concern over the security of United States nuclear facilities following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It looks at why nuclear plants are attractive targets for terrorists; who is responsible for securing facilities; what security measures are in place and whether they are adequate. Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 Review : Report This site provides access to a full text pdf version of the report, HC 100, published in December 2003, and written by the Privy Counsellor Review Committee chaired by the Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree. Also known as the Newton Report, this paper examines the emergency legislation passed in response to the international terrorist threat highlighted by the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack, The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. It raises concern about Part 4 of the Act, which allows the detention of foreign nationals suspected of terrorist involvement without charge - a derogation from the right to liberty under the European Convention on Human Rights. Armed Forces (Parliamentary Approval for Participation in Armed Conflict) Bill : Bill 16 of 2005-06 This is the full text PDF of Research Paper 05/56 published 8 August 2005 by the International Affairs and Defence Section of the House of Commons Library. The paper discusses Bill which is sponsored by Clare Short, the former Secretary of State for International Development. It is due for its second reading on 21 October 2005. The Bill aims to make it a requirement for the Government to obtain the approval of both Houses of Parliament, before the deployment of UK Armed Forces in armed conflict and/or for a declaration of war to be made. Armies, Stealth Fighters, and Homeland Defence Written in 2002 by Alan Stephens, this an Australian Air Power Development Centre working paper, number 5. The author believes that modern day defence forces must adapt to the new defence environment created by terrorist attacks such as the 11th September 2001 attacks, arguing that asymmetric aerospace power has been the key to victory in a succession of campaigns, have been quick, decisive, and low casualty. Army's Future Combat Systems Program and Alternatives This is a full text pdf Congressional Budget Office, CBO, Study, published in August 2006. The report looks at the near and long term implications of the Future Combat Systems, FCS, programme to replace the United States Army's fleet of ageing armoured combat vehicles with lighter more agile systems. The chapters look at the Army's heavy forces and armoured vehicles; provides a description of the Army's modularity initiative and FCS programme; potential effects of and concerns about the Army's modernisation plans; and looks at alternative approaches to modernising the Army's heavy forces. Article 15-6 Investigation of the 800th Military Police Brigade This is the full text of the investigation into the conduct of operations within the United States 800th Military Police Brigade, which looks specifically at the detention and internment of prisoners, also known as the Taguba Report. The report looks at the circumstances surrrounding allegations of prisoner abuse, detainee escapes and accountability lapses, specifically at the Abu Ghraib Prison; training, standards and command policies; and makes recommendations for corrective action. It reviews the Assessment of DoD Counter-Terrorism Interrogation and Detention Operations in Iraq by MG Geoffrey D. Miller, Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo and analyses MG Ryder's Report on Detention and Corrections in Iraq. Assessing Unit Readiness : Case Study of an Air Force Fighter Wing This provides access to RAND publication DB-296-AF, prepared by Carl J. Dahlman and David E. Thaler, dated 1999. The report is published by RAND's Project Air Force Division. It presents an in-depth review of the readiness problems facing an active component operational fighter wing. These include strenuous contingency requirements, the need to maintain high levels of current and future readiness, and severe resource and retention difficulties. The text is available in PDF format. Assessment of the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center This is a report providing expert assessment of the research, development and engineering organization including products and technologies at the RDEC. The report is searchable on the web site and there is an HTML summary. Price and purchase details are also available. Avoiding Surprise in an Era of Global Technology This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Defense Intelligence Agency Technology Forecasts and Reviews Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, and published by the National Academies Press in 2005. The report looks at threats to US military technological superiority due to the global spread of science and technology expertise and presents a technology warning framework for the intelligence community to aid the identification and assessment of emerging technologies. The chapters look at technology warning motivations and challenges; challenges to information superiority; future threats to US air power in military operations on urban terrain; combat identification in urban warfare; and biotechnology trends relevant to warfare initiatives. B'Tselem- The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories This human rights group was established in 1989 by academics, lawyer and journalists and members of the Knesset. The group documents and brings to the attention of the Israeli public and the world the human rights abuses which are occurring in the Occupied Territories. They produce reports, provide information for the knesset and distribute information to the general public. Publications are available to download from the site. Background to the Forthcoming Armed Forces Bill This is the full text PDF of Research Paper 05/75 published 11 November 2005 by the International Affairs and Defence Section of the House of Commons Library. The Armed Forces Bill, also referred to as the Tri-Service Bill, is due to be presented in the 2005-06 session. The Bill aims to modernise Service legislation by consolidating the three existing single Service Discipline Acts (SDA) into a single piece of Service law. The research paper reviews the main aspects of the present disciplinary system and the expected aims of the Bill. It also includes comments and issues which may be important as the Bill progresses. Backgrounder : Hamas Provided by the Council on Foreign Relations, CRF, this site provides a background paper on Hamas, the Palestinian militant group notorious for its suicide bombers and terrorists who operate against Israel and have attacked the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The paper provides an overview of what Hamas is and its origins, who its leaders are, where they operate, their ideology, and the recruitment and training of suicide bombers. Backgrounder : Iraq's Insurgency After Zarqawi Provided by the Council on Foreign Relations in June 2006 and written by Lionel Beehner, this paper looks at the implications of the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi the leader of the al Qaeda foreign contingent of the insurgency in post war Iraq. It looks at the impact Zarqawis death could have on the insurgency; how he was viewed by radical muslims; the hierarchy of Zarqawi's terrorist network; how US led counterterrorism strategy could change; and how his death will affect the new Iraqi government. The site links to related material including a podcast on the legacy of Zarqawi, a profile of Zarqawi and news briefings. Backgrounder : Iraq's Press : A Status Report Provided by the Council on Foreign Relations in May 2006 and written by Lionel Beehner, this paper looks at the role of the media in post war Iraq. It looks at the dangers facing journalists and reporters in Iraq and how Western news organisations are adjusting to the threats; Iraqi media journalistic standards and the freedom of press; the relationship between the Iraqi press and the US military; the difference between local media and foreign press coverage of events; and the role of Iraqi bloggers. Beyond Aviation : The Emerging Ground Transportation Security Market This is a Convergent Security Group Market Report written by Scott Greiper and Mark Sauter and published in September 2006 by Legend Merchant Group (LMG) and GrayDome Partners, LLC (GrayDome). It looks at the national security threats to the United States ground transportation system and infrastructure including railways, mass transit and trucking which forms the backbone of the economy of the US. It provides an industry overview; looks at the terrorist threat; security spending; market dynamics; product and technology solutions; and solution providers. Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee (BCDRC) Established by the Minister of National Defence (Canada), this committee reviews research, development and training activities undertaken by the Department of National Defence in biological and chemical defence. This site is linked from the the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff group site and is also available in French. It gives the background of the committee, its members, and full text annual reports from 1990. It also has a full text report entitled 'Research Development and Training in Chemical and Biological Defence Within the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces', by William H. Barton. Biosecurity: Limiting Terrorist Access to Deadly Pathogens This web site provides access to the full text of a paper by Jonathan B. Tucker which was published by the United States Institute for Peace in November 2003. The paper examines the potential threat of terrorist threats from biological agents and biological weapons in the wake of events of September 11, 2001. It then assesses US and international measures and legislation to prevent terrorist access to them. It should be noted that the full text is in pdf format and so requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. Blowing Hot and Cold : Protecting Against Climatic Extremes Research and Technology Organization Meeting proceedings, RTO-MP-076, 8-10 October 2001, Dresden, Germany. It contains the papers presented at a Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium which discuss the effects of climate, clothing and equipment on a soldier's health and performance. Subjects covered include advances in clothing technology, NBC protective clothing, thermal performance, models for prediction of heat and cold stress and electronic climate analysers. Board of Inquiry Into The Accident Involving Nimrod MR2 XV230 The findings of the independent review into the crash of Nimrod aircraft XV230 over Afghanistan on 2 September 2006, in which 14 Service personnel were killed, has been published on the 28th October 2009. The review consists of 11 PDF files available via the UK MOD website. British American Security Information Council (BASIC) BASIC is an independent organisation which specialises in analysing government policies to promote awareness about military strategy, nuclear policies and defence disarmament. The site has sections devoted to national missile defence, European security, nuclear futures and the weapons trade, each of these sections contain key documents relating to that subject. The site also provides access to BASIC publications which include papers, notes, reports and research reports. Budget Policy, Deficits, and Defense : A Fiscal Framework for Defense Planning This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in June 2005 and written by Dr Dennis S. Ippolito. The report presents a fiscal policy framework for future and current defence spending and looks at the United States' defence spending policies and budgets, the causes and consequences of deficits and debts, and the long term economic outlook. Building an Air Manoeuvre Capability: The Introduction of the Apache Helicopter (HC 1246) This report was published by the U.K Ministry of Defence in October 2002. It outlines the strategy behind the decision to procure the Apache helicopter and provides a progress report so far. Aspects such as capability gaps, structures and infrastructure, concepts and doctrine, training, recruitment and retention and support are considered. The report makes a number of recommendations. The full text of the report is available in PDF format. C3I and Modelling and Simulation (M&S) Interoperability This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organisation Meeting Proceeding, RTO-MP-MSG-022. It contains the proceedings of the NATO Modelling and Simulation Group's conference held in Antalya, Turkey from 9-10 October 2003 titled, 'Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) and Modelling and Simulation (M&S) Interoperability. The presentations discussed state of the art solutions and requirements for future research and development and technologies being produced by NATO nations. Subjects included; modelling and simulation, interoperability and networks, military training, command and control, and C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance). C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups This report have been conducted by the the National Research Council and published in 2006. The Department of the Navy requested the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council to conduct this study and examine C4ISR for future strike groups. A new construct has been put for the Navy's strike forces that enables more effective forward deterrence and rapid response. A key aspect of this construct is the need for flexible, adaptive command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance etc. The main tasks for this study were to assess the C4ISR capabilities of each type of strike group. Recommend a C4ISR architecture to be utilized in major combat operations. Identify promising technology trends, and examine organizational enhancements to enable the recommended architecture. Canada's International Policy Statement : A Role of Pride and Influence in the World This site provides the full text of Canada's Defence Policy Statement in html and pdf format. Published in May 2005, it sets out Canada's global engagement vision. The statement is the first review of Canadian defence policy in over a decade and presents a new vision for Canadian forces in the post Cold War and post September 11th security environment. The chapters look at the international security environment at the start of the twenty first century; a new vision for Canadian forces and military transformation; national security and homeland defence for Canada and Canadian citizens; the Canada United States defence relationship; and the international security context. Capability Review of the Ministry of Defence Published in March 2007 this is one of the Civil Service Capability Reviews which were designed to assess how well UK government departments were equipped to meet delivery challenges and provide suggestions for improvements. The review identified three key areas for action: review leadership behaviours, governance and accountability; more effective promotion of the defence agenda and working with other departments; and to build human capability. Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine : Report of a Workshop This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medical Needs, the Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, and the National Materials Advisory Board, published by the National Academies Press in 2004. The report presents a technology development roadmap to enable the military to enhance its biomedical research and development efforts so that biomaterials technologies that fulfill the military's medical needs can be brought into service as soon as possible thus advancing combat casualty care on the battlefield. The report is divided into three main areas; biomaterials and their importance to military medicine, biomaterials technology assessment and roadmapping, and enabling biomaterials development. Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI) Based in Washington DC, the CBACI's aim is to provide training, programs and publications based on addressing global security and stability challenges. Its focus is on banning chemical and biological weapons. The site offers full text publications on nuclear biological and chemical terrorism, including the CBACI report Bioterrorism in the United States: Threat, Preparedness, and Response. China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles : Policy Issues This is the full text pdf version of RL31555, a CRS Report for Congress last updated on 2nd August 2006 and written by Shirley A. Kan. It looks at the People's Republic of China, PRC, development of weapons of mass destruction, WMD, and missiles to deliver them, and the US foreign policy response to weapons proliferation. The report covers PRC proliferation challenges; nuclear and missile technology sales to Pakistan, Iran, Lybia, Syria and Iraq; North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes; foreign and defence policies; economic controls; and nonproliferation and arms control. CIA Publications The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) provides links to reports and publications concerning intelligence and security. These include factbooks, information on US and foreign government members, annual reports, maps and historical documents. Unclassified reports are available on areas such as weapons of mass destruction, diseases,the Cold War, the Gulf War and drugs. Links are also available to other CIA and US governmental pages. Cluster Munitions: A Forseeable Hazard in Iraq This web site provides access to the full text of a briefing paper issued by Human Rights watch in March 2003. The paper warns against the use of cluster bombs by Allied forces during the 2003 Iraq War. Evidence of the dangers of this type of weapon for the civilian population is presented from the 1991 Gulf War. Coercion and International Law Defence research paper by Sqn Ldr J.C.M. Johnston BSc RAF, published by the Joint Services Command and Staff College. Using the Kosovo Crisis of 1999 as a case study, this paper examines the intervention of NATO forces and the legislation which arose as a result of the use of force. The paper explores the viability of legalising the use of legitimate force under International Law whilst undertaking coercive operations. Collaboration for Land, Air, Sea, and Space Vehicles : Developing the Common Ground in Vehicle Dynamics, System Identification, Control, and Handling Qualities This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Technical Report, RTO-TR-061, Paris, November 2002. This report presents the results of a study conducted by the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI) Task Group SCI-53, Vehicle Dynamics, System Identification, Control and Handling Qualities. This report addresses the second goal of the SCI-53 technical team, namely to build mechanisms to assist the co-ordination and integration of experts working in the different operational environments. It provides a preliminary review of the issues involved in vehicle dynamics, modeling and system identification, control, and handling qualities as these topics apply to modern military vehicles in all four environments. By focusing on the commonalties and differences between the four environments, this report will also serve to highlight areas of potential collaboration between experts from the various technical communities. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (9.06 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Combat Casualty Care in Ground Based Tactical Situations : Trauma Technology and Emergency Medical Procedures This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-HFM-109, dated September 2004. The proceedings are from a Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Symposium which was held jointly with the Advanced Technology Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) 2004 and hosted by the Combat Casualty Care Research Program HQ, USAMRMC, Fort Detrick, Maryland. The papers presented cover: NATO joint medical support; lessons learned during Operation Iraqi Freedom; resuscitation and treatment for hemorrhagic and traumatic shock; and advanced capabilities for combat medics. The full text of the papers can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Combating Somali piracy : the EU's naval Operation Atalanta : House of Lords European Union Committee, 12th report of session 2009-10, report with evidence REPORT SUMMARY - Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean is a serious and ongoing threat to UK and EU interests. It could spread within the region, which is unstable. The EU’s Operation Atalanta, with its operational headquarters based in Northwood, UK, has made a strong contribution to combating piracy, in particular protecting World Food Programme (WFP) ships and coordinating with other maritime forces in the area. However there are a number of areas that need improvement and require action. Naval vessels and their crews are very expensive resources in short supply. With more surveillance aircraft the Atalanta fleet could be far more effective and efficient. Similarly, the permanent availability of a tanker would prevent Atalanta vessels from having to return to port on a regular basis solely to refuel. The World Food Program’s use of small, slow ships makes them especially vulnerable to pirate attacks. As a result they require greater military protection and resources. The Government and the EU should insist that the World Food Program charters faster, larger and more modern vessels. It is even more efficient for military contingents to be placed on these vessels rather than having warships and their crew shadowing each delivery. It should be a condition of the award of a World Food Program contract that, when requested, the flag state allow these vessels to carry Atalanta military forces on board. Military personnel placed on commercial shipping should be given specialised training. UK policy should be that private security guards should not be placed on commercial shipping because of the increased risks to crew and ships. The insurance industry is not taking sufficient responsibility for ensuring that commercial shipping transiting the area complies with readily available, tried and tested procedures to reduce the risk of capture by pirates. At a minimum the industry should impose increased insurance premiums on ship operators who do not comply. Increasingly robust action should taken against pirates by Atalanta forces. There is a need to change the perceived risk/reward ratio for pirate activity. The EU has agreements with Kenya and the Seychelles to prosecute pirates, and the negotiations now taking place with other states in the region. There will be no solution to the problem of piracy without a solution to the root causes of the conflict on land in Somalia. The EU is attempting to deal with Somalia’s problems by building up the security sector in line with democratic norms, providing humanitarian assistance and assisting the authorities in Somaliland and Puntland to strengthen their coastguards. If the piracy problems of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean are not robustly tackled, there will be copy-cat piracy elsewhere on the world’s shipping lanes adjacent to failed states or regions where a government’s writ fails to reach. Commercial Multimedia Technologies for Twenty-First Century Army Battlefields: A Technology Management Strategy Produced by the US National Research Council Committee on Future Technologies for Army Multimedia Communications and published by the National Academies Press in 1995. This report describes how the battlefield of the future will be full of digital networks carrying vast amounts of information. Multi-media technologies that already exist, or are emerging in the civilian sector are also considered here. Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction This site provides access to the full one thousand page report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction which presents the findings of the Iraq Survey Group from June 2003 to September 2004. It is available in pdf and html format and is divided into a key findings summary; volume one which looks at the scope of the report, the regime's strategic intent and finance and procurement; volume two which looks at delivery systems and nuclear weapons programmes; and volume three which looks at Iraq's chemical warfare programme, and biological warfare. The main findings of the report are that Iraq didn't have stocks of weapons of mass destruction when the United States led the War on Iraq. However, there is evidence that the Saddam Hussein regime intended to reconstitute Iraq's WMD capability once UN sanctions were lifted. The site also provides access to the Special Advisor's addenda to the original report published in March 2005. Confronting Passive Sponsors of Terrorism This report is published by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and was written by Daniel L. Byman. It is designated Analysis Paper no. 4 and was published in February 2005. The report argues that for many terrorist groups, a states tolerance of or passivity toward their activities is often as important to their success as any deliberate assistance they receive. It analyses four countries that have passively supported, or at least tolerated, terrorism - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Greece and the United States. The full report is available in PDF format. Confronting Space Debris: Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon Orbital debris represents a growing threat to the operation of man-made systems in space. There are currently hundreds of thousands of debris objects greater than one centimeter in diameter in Earth's orbit, and the collision of any one of these objects with an operational satellite would cause catastrophic failure of that satellite. The authors identified a set of comparable problems that share similarities with orbital debris and narrowed this set down to the following nine issues: acid rain, U.S. commercial airline security, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons, hazardous waste, oil spills, radon, email spam, and U.S. border control. This monograph provides context and insight for decisionmakers by asking the following questions: How have other industries approached their "orbital debris-like" risks? What lessons can be learned from these cases before proceeding with debris mitigation or remediation measures? Findings are drawn from practical examples that include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the results of which emphasized that remedies must be designed and tested to work under the actual operating conditions.[Originator's abstract] Contrails This is a web page devoted to useful information for Air Force Personnel, produced by the Aerospace Power Journal. It contains detailed information about weather, news (Air Force and military, and United Nations). There are links to sites useful for professional development, papers from the Airpower Research Institute and professional electronic journals. There is information about doctrine and links to doctrine centres and training centres. U.S. government web sites are listed and linked and there are details of forthcoming conferences and symposia. Controlling the Angels : An Examination of the Need to Actively Control Non-Governmental Organisations Operating Within the Boundaries of a United Nations Sanctioned Peace Support Operation Defence research paper written by Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Terrell, published by the Joint Services Command and Staff College. The paper examines the use of humanitarian intervention and how Non-Governmental Organisations should be controlled when operating within UN Sanctioned boundaries. The paper argues that there should be three levels of coordination; no coordination, simple coordination and active control. Corporate Publications : Key Documents for Defence Linked from the Ministry of Defence web site, this site provides access to full text Minisry of Defence publications and reports. It contains MoD business plans including Expenditure Plans and the MoD Departmental Plan; MoD public consultations; government policy and strategy on defence including White Papers and the Departmental Framework Document; and a reports section which links to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Reports and National Audit Office Reports as well as annual reports, financial reports and reports of interest to the defence business community, veterans and researchers. Cost Analyses of Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan Provided by the US Congressional Budget Office, this site provides full text documents which analyse the long term implications of defence plans and costs of military operations and other activities associated with the global war on terrorism. The documents provided cover subjects such as appropriations and the budget and economic outlook for the War on Terrorism; estimated costs of continuing operations in Iraq; the cost of post war reconstruction in Iraq; and estimated costs of continued operations in and around Afghanistan. Counter Terrorism in Somalia : Losing Hearts and Minds? This is the full text pdf version of International Crisis Group Africa Report No. 95, published on 11th July 2005. The report looks at the rise of an independent jihadi network in Mogadishu from 2003, which is believed to have links to Al Qaeda and the US led counter terrorism response. Since the formation of the new Transitional Federal Government (TFG) for Somalia, in October 2004, tensions between terrorists and counter-terrorist operatives in Mogadishu have increased and the country is at risk of further jihadism and extreme violence unless the root causes of the conflict are tackled. The report looks at the new jihadis; the Somaliland killings; the Al Qaeda connections and Mombasa attacks; international relations with the US and Ethiopia; terrorist attacks; and public perceptions of the counter terrorist operations and engaging with the public, civil society organisations and moderate Islamist groups. Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Shopping Centres This report is written by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), on behalf of ACPO (TAM) in 2006. The purpose to this guide is to provide protective security advice to those who own, operate, manage or work in shopping centers. It aids centres which are seeking to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack and limit the damage an attack might cause. It highlights the vital part you can play in the UK counter terrorism strategy. Terrorist attacks in the UK are a real and serious danger. Crowded places, including shopping centres, are likely to feature in the attack plans of terrorist organizations in the future; as they are usually locations with limited protective security measures and therefore afford the potential for mass fatalities and casualties. The full text (2.84MB) of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Stadia and Arenas This report is written by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), on behalf of ACPO (TAM) in 2006. This guide is intended to give protective security advice to those who are responsible for stadium and arena security, irrespective of size and capacity and is not specific to any particular sport or event. It is aimed at those stadia and arenas that are seeking to reduce the risk of a terrorist attack, or limit the damage terrorism might cause. It is accepted that there is no such concept as absolute safety or absolute security in combating the threat of terrorism but it is possible through the use of this guidance to reduce the risk to as low as reasonably practicable. The full text (3.24MB) of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. Countering Bioterrorism : The Role of Science and Technology Provided by the National Academies Press, this site provides access to the full text report written by the Panel on Biological Issues and the Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, published in 2002. The report is excerpted from Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism, and looks at: intelligence, detection, surveillance and diagnosis of biological agents in the environment; prevention, response and recovery to bioterrorism threats and attacks; and policy and implementation. Countering International Terrorism : The United Kingdom's Strategy This is the full text pdf version of Cm 6888; the UK Government's report on UK policy and strategy towards counter terrorism, published in July 2006. It outlines the threat from Islamist extremists and the response including preventing terrorism by tackling the radicalisation of individuals, pursuing terrorists and their sponsors, protecting UK interests at home and overseas, preparing for the consequences, and the response to the developing threat including the provision of resources. It then outlines the United Kingdom's strategy which is available to the public and provides details of the threat and its characteristics; the response; methods to prevent terrorism; disrupting international terrorists and their operations; protection of the public, national services and interests overseas; and ensuring that the UK is ready to respond in the case of a terrorist attack. Countering piracy off the Horn of Africa : partnership and action plan This plan establishes the United States view that maritime piracy is a crime under international law and that United States will not tolerate a haven where pirates can act without fear from the law. In the case of Somalia-based piracy, increasingly bold attacks pose a significant threat to global shipping. This plan implements the National Strategy for Maritime Security (September 2005) and the Policy for the Repression of Piracy and other Criminal Acts of Violence at Sea (June 2007) to be applied against piracy off the Horn of Africa. CRS Issue Brief for Congress : North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programme This is the full text pdf version of a Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Issue Brief, IB91141, written by Larry A. Niksch and last updated on 25th May 2006. The paper discusses North Korea's nuclear programme and United States foreign policy. It looks in particular at the Six Party talks between North Korea, South Korea, the United States, Russia, China and Japan; North Korea's nuclear programme and weapons development; and the 1994 Agreed Framework between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, and the United States. CRS Report for Congress : North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States This is the full text pdf version of the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service report, RS21473, written by Andrew Feickert and last updated on 1st October 2003. It looks at North Korean, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, ballistic missile and missile launch technological developments. It looks at the background to the DPRK Taepo Dong programme; potential configurations and ranges; speculation over a new Taepo Dong 2 missile; intermediate range missile development; and considerations for Congress. CSIS Features : Terrorism War Update This site is provided by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and provides access to full text papers and analysis by Anthony H. Cordesman on the War on Terrorism, security challenges, the war in Afghanistan and the hunt for Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. Currents and Crosscurrents of Radical Islamism This is the full text pdf version of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism report written by Daniel Benjamin, Aidan Kirby and Julianne Smith and published in April 2006. It is the culmination of opinions gathered over the course of three international conferences which examined issues associated with the current state of the radical Islamic threat held in Berlin, June 2005, Washington D.C, September 2005 and The Hague, December 2005. Topics covered include the challenge of integration; local grievances and global jihad; Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah; terrorist use of the Internet; suicide bombers; Iraq's jihadists; transatlantic international relations; and the European Union counter terrorism response. Death By A Thousand Cuts : Micro-Air Vehicles (MAV) In The Service Of Air Force Missions This provides access to an Air University, Air War College Research Report, AU/AWC/_/2001-4, April 2001, by Lt Col. Arthur F. Huber, II, USAF. The research paper provides an outline of the contemporary technological dimension of MAVs and contemplates how they might be used to enhance Air Force operations. The full text of this report is available in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat 4.0 document. Deepcut Review Provided by Nicholas Blake, QC, this is the official web site of the review into the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002 which was announced by the Rt Hon Adam Ingram, Minister of State for the Armed Forces on Wednesday 14th December 2004. The site provides details of the review team, contact details, a list of documents related to the review, full text press releases and statements about the review and the full text of The Deepcut Review report. The report chapters cover: the nature and scope of the review; the law relating to inquests; the investigation of deaths by civilian police and the royal military police; Army recruitment and training; the deaths of Sean Benton, Cheryl James, Geoff Gray and James Collinson; and gives conclusions and recommendations. Defence Acquisition This is the Ministry of Defence Policy Paper Number Four, published in December 2001. The paper describes the UK Ministry of Defence's acquisition principles, processes and organisations and how it could develop in the future. It looks at the impact of the Strategic Defence Review, smart acquisition, key components of defence acquisition and procurement and future challenges. Defence Capability Plan 2004-2014 This is the full text pdf version of the Australian Government and Department of Defence review of Australia's defence capabilitiy requirements. The report looks at major capital equipment proposals for the period 2004 to 2014; project phases; defence needs of Australian industry; Australian industry involvement in acquisition and through-life support; potential prime contractors; and estimated schedules and capital expenditure. Defence Equipment 2010 : sixth report of Session 2009-10 report together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence A House of Commons Defence Committe inquiry to examine aspects of the UK MoD’s Defence Equipment programme. It examines areas of weakness and poor performance with particular focus on armoured vehicles and the future of the FRES (Future Rapid Effect System) programme, strategic air-lift and maritime capability. Defence Industrial Policy Ministry of Defence Policy Paper Number Five, published in October 2002. This paper outlines the UK Government's defence industry policy, which is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the UK's defence industry and enhamcing the provision of high quality equipment to the armed forces. The paper looks at the importance of the defence industry, its scope and global background, the acquisition capability of the UK armed forces, accessibility to markets in the United States and Europe, research and technology and the future. The site also provides the full text of the First Review of the Defence Industrial Policy, published in October 2003. Defence Industrial Strategy : Defence White Paper The Secretary of State for Defence announced the UK Defence Industrial Strategy on 15 December 2005 in Parliament. This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Defence White Paper Cm 6697. The aim of the strategy is to provide UK Armed Forces with appropriate equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner. To do this the UK requires adequate industrial capability including infrastructure, skills, intellectual property and capacity to maintain national security and sovereignty. The paper gives a strategic overview of the defence market, UK business environment, research and technology, and defence exports; reviews industrial sectors such as systems engineering, maritime, armoured fighting vehicles, helicopters and munitions; and implementing the Defence Industrial Strategy. Defence Procurement : Sixth Report of Session 2003-04 : Volume I This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Defence Committee report, HC-572-I, published on 28th July 2004. This site links to Volume One which contains the report and formal minutes. The report looks at smart acquisition and assesses the Defence Procurement Agency, it also looks at the progress of key projects Astute and Nimrod, Future Carrier, Joint Strike Fighter, Eurofighter/Typhoon, Future Rapid Effect System and Watchkeeper, and the implementation of the Defence Industrial Policy. Defence Procurement : Sixth Report of Session 2003-04 : Volume II This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Defence Committee report, HC-572-II, published on 28th July 2004. This site links to Volume Two which contains the oral and written evidence presented to the Defence Committee when they were investigating defence expenditure and acquisition practices in the Ministry of Defence. The focus of the study was on on smart acquisition, the Defence Procurement Agency, the progress of key projects, and the implementation of the Defence Industrial Policy. Defence Procurement in the European Union : The Current Debate This is the full text pdf version of a European Union Institute for Security Studies, EUISS, Task Force report published in May 2005 and chaired by Burkard Schmitt. The report looks at developments and activities within the European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM) and analyses instruments which could make defence procurement in Europe more efficient and strengthen the industrial base. The report looks at the current situation, obstacles to an EDEM, legal bases and political practices in European defence procurement; options available including a defence procurement directive and code of conduct intergovernmental approach. Defence Statistics 1999 This is a read- only Adobe pdf document giving UK defence statistics for 1999. These statistics cover details of the defence budget and defence expenditure, plus defence personnel. This information shows the current size of the armed forces, their salaries and formation, in a comparison with previous years. The appendix covers tri- service and civilian personnel information, published by DASA. Defence White Paper : Future Capabilities This site provides access to House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/72, published on 17 September 2004. The paper examines the 2004 chapter to the Defence White Paper titled Future Capabilities, which set out a vision for the restructuring and future role of the armed forces. It looks at the motivations for change and assumptions including effects-based operations and network enabled capability; proposed adjustments to the force composition of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy; and the impact this will have on affordability, sustainability and the balance of capabilities. Defence White Paper This site provides access to House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/71, published on 17 September 2004. The paper examines the 2003 Defence White Paper titled Delivering Security in a Changing World, which looks at the future security environment and the UK's strategic priorities in relation to it. It looks at the background to the White Paper including Options for Change, Frontline First: The Defence Costs Study, the Strategic Defence Review, and SDR New Chapter. It then goes on to examine the White Paper and its future threat assessment, force planning structure and capabilities, personnel policy and defence relations strategy. Defense Acqusitions : Major Weapon Systems Continue to Experience Cost and Schedule Problems Under DODs Revised Policy This is the full text pdf version of GAO 06 368, a United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees, published in April 2006. The report reviews changes made to the Department of Defense acquisition policy and whether the management of investment in researching, developing and procuring major weapon systems is effective. It assesses the outcomes of major weapons development programmes that have been initiated under the revised acquisitions policy and concludes that changes to policy have not prevented cost and schedule problems. The report highlights that poor execution of the revised acquisition policy is the major cause of continued procurement problems.
no title available no description supplied Defense Strategy Review Page Sponsored by the Project on Defense Alternatives, this site provides access to full text articles, reports, defence policies and analysis on the United States' defence reviews and national security strategy. It covers topics such as the Quadrennial Defense Review, military transformation and homeland security and provides links to useful websites on these subjects. Delivering Security in a Changing World : Defence White Paper Published in December 2003, this paper builds on the Strategic Defence Reviews in 1998 and 2002. The White Paper (CM 6041-I, II) details the defence policy for the future of the British Armed Forces. It addresses the changing security environment and threats posed by terrorists and weapons proliferation, future requirements for defence, and armed forces capabilities. There is also a separate volume of supporting essays which is accessible from this site, which covers international organisations, scales of effort and military tasks, developing the reserves, MoD strategy for defence relations, defence management and defence industrial policy. Delivering Security in a Changing World : Future Capabilities This web site provides access to the full text of the Ministry of Defence paper, CM 6269 presented to Parliament in July 2004, in pdf format. This paper builds on the December 2003 Defence White Paper Delivering Security in a Changing World (CM 6041-I, II), and sets out the Government's five-year plan for force structure and organisation changes in order to deliver the capabilities outlined in the 2003 Defence White Paper. In order to achieve this capability and the efficiencies called for in the 2004 Spending Review, there will be an increased emphasis on the use of technology and a reduction in Naval and Air power with the loss of three frigates and three Northern Ireland patrol vessels and four aircraft squadrons and personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army will be reduced. The site also provides a link to the supporting essays. Department of Defense Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) : Volume I : Joint Interoperability and Warrior Support JTA is a document containing the minimum set of standards and guidelines for the aquisition of all Department of Defense systems for exchange of information. This site, hosted by the Department of Defense IT Standards Registry, DISR, provides the full text pdf of version 6, published on 3rd October 2003. The chapters cover information processing, transfer, modelling, metadata, exchange, human computer interface and information security standards. Department of Defense Joint Technical Architecture : Volume II : Joint Interoperability and Warrior Support JTA is a document containing the minimum set of standards and guidelines for the aquisition of all Department of Defense systems for exchange of information. This site, hosted by the Department of Defense IT Standards Registry, DISR, provides the full text pdf of version 6, published on 3rd October 2003. The chapters cover information processing, transfer, modelling, metadata, exchange, human computer interface and information security standards. Design for Low Cost Operation and Support Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-037, 21-22 October 1999, Ottawa Canada. It contains papers discussed at the Applied Vehicle Technology Panel (AVT) Specialist's Meeting which was about life cycle costs of military equipment. Subjects covered included operation and support costs, life cycle cost modelling, cost models and reducing logistic support costs. Detection of Explosives for Commercial Aviation Security Published by the National Academy Press, this electronic book advises the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) on the detection of small, concealed explosives that could be planted surrepticiously by a terrorist on a commercial aeroplane. The book identifies key technologies that can be implemented in airport terminals. The book has been produced by the National Research Council's Committee on Commercial Aviation Security and is available as a series of scanned page images. Detection of Explosives on Airline Passengers : Recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and Related Issues This is the full text of CRS report order code RS21920, updated on February 7th, 2005. The report is available in full text and was written by Dana A. Shea and Daniel Morgan, Analysts in Science and Technology Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, recommended that Congress and the Transportation Security Administration give priority attention to screening airline passengers for explosives. The key issue for Congress is balancing the costs of mandating passenger explosives trace detection against other aviation security needs. Passenger explosives screening technologies have been under development for several years and are now being tested for suitability in airport operation. Their technical capabilities have not been fully established, and operational and policy issues have not yet been resolved. Critical factors for implementation in airports include reliability, passenger throughput, and passenger privacy concerns. Presuming the successful development and deployment of this technology, certification standards, operational policy, and screening procedures for federal use will need to be established. This topic, which was addressed by Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458), continues to be of congressional interest in the 109th Congress. Dismantling North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programs This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Colonel David J. Bishop. It looks at North Korea's nuclear weapons programme and the arms control options available to the United States to dismantle the programmes. It looks at the background to the North Korea nuclear stand off and major factors influencing the situation including; US national interests in the region, the role of China and the Republic of Korea US alliance. It then goes on to examine the options available to the US in resolving the stand off and looks at the advantages and disadvantages of engagement, containment and preemption. DSTO Publications The Defence Science and Technology Organisation forms part of the Australian Department of Defence, which is involved in aeronautical, maritime, electronics and surveillance research. The DSTO publications - technical reports and journal articles - may be discovered both by browsing and searching. Electronic Warfare Test and Evaluation Research and Technology Organization Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development report, RTO-AG-300-V17, sponsored by the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI), and published in 2000. The report is about the testing and evaluation of electronic warfare systems, ranging from laboratory tests, through ground-based simulations, to verification in the open air. The document is contained in the RTO's full text publcation library. Enabling Acquisition Change : An Examination of the Ministry of Defence's Ability to Undertake Through Life Capability Management This site provides access to the full text of the Ministry of Defence report published on 3rd July 2006, which looks at the MoD's ability to undertake a key aspect of the December 2005 Defence Industrial Strategy; through life capability management. The report looks at current acquisition arrangements, culture and behaviour, planning process issues, customer roles, governance, incentives, research and development, and incentives and targets, and makes recommendations that the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) and Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) merge to form a new integrated procurement and support organisation that is responsible for the procurement, maintenance and containment of military capability. Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? explaining the decline in support for the war in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany Domestic public opinion is frequently and correctly described as a crucial battlefront in the war in Afghanistan. Commentary by media and political figures currently notes not only the falling support for the war in the United States but also in many of its key allies in Europe and elsewhere, making it all the more difficult for the Obama administration to secure the help it believes it needs to bring the war to a successful conclusion. This study is an extensive examination of the determinants of domestic support for and opposition to the war in Afghanistan in the United States and in five of its key allies--the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, and Australia. Tracing the trajectory of public opinion on the war from the original invasion in 2001 to the fall of 2009, this paper concludes that the combination of mounting casualties with a declining belief that the war could be won by the Coalition is the key factor driving the drop in support. Other factors, such as the deployment of numerous and shifting rationales by the political leadership in various countries, and the breakdown of elite consensus have played important but secondary roles in this process.[originator's abstract] Ensuring America's Space Security : Report of the FAS Panel on Weapons in Space This site provides access to the full text of the Federation of American Scientists report published in September 2004. The report assesses the security benefits of space weaponisation, how to protect the United States' space assets, and alternatives to space weapons. The chapters look at: the background to the debate over weaponizing space; the historic growth and evolution of space activities; US space systems vulnerabilities and threats; protecting US systems; anti satellite weapons; threats from High Altitude Nuclear Explosions (HANE); orbital debris effects from space based ballistic missile interception; and potential adversaries capabilities. Equipping Tomorrow's Military Force : Integration of Commercial and Military Manufacturing in 2010 and Beyond This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Integration of Commercial and Military Manufacturing in 2010 and Beyond and the Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, published by the National Academies Press in 2002. The report looks at the need for transformation of the US military industrial production support base and lessons that can be learned and applied from the commercial sector. The chapters look at the case for integrating commercial and military manufacturing; current defence industry integration successes; opportunities and barriers for future manufacturing integration; and education and training including understanding the commercial market place, and creating a commercial acquisition academy. EU Security and Defence Policy : The First Five Years (1999-2004) This is the full text pdf version of a European Union Institute for Security Studies, EUISS, Task Force report published in August 2004, edited by Nicole Gnesotto. The report looks at European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) which the European Union has been developing since the Cologne European Council of June 1999. The report provides a critical assessment of what ESDP is and what it has achieved in its first five years. The articles within the report look at the historical perspective, how ESDP works, missions for EU military forces, European capabilities, ESDP operations and the relationship between ESDP and NATO. European Defence : A Proposal for a White Paper This is the full text pdf version of a European Union Institute for Security Studies, EUISS, independent Task Force report published in May 2004. The report looks at European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and assesses European capabilities in the light of likely generic security crisis scenarios that the EU could face in the decades to come and options for strengthening capabilities if military intervention were needed at the EU level. The report outlines the international context and the new world including terrorism threats and WMD proliferation, the new enlarged Europe and EU security strategy, and the new America including US security strategy and relations with the EU. It then looks at the development of the ESDP; outlines strategic scenarios that could occur in the future such as peace support, humanitarian intervention and homeland defence; and looks at capacities for autonomous action to the scenarios, deficiencies and ways of correcting any shortfalls in capability. Final Report of the Independent Panel to Review DoD Detention Operations Published in August 2004, this is the full text pdf version of a report produced by a commission led by former US Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, also known as the Schlesinger Report. It investigates the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, what caused the abuse, and actions to be taken to prevent such an incident occurring again. The chapters cover the public release of abuse photos, command responsibilities, military police and detention operations, interrogation operations, teh role of military police and military intelligence, Geneva conventions and the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Final Report of the National Construction Safety Team on the Collapses of the World Trade Center Towers (Draft) This report (September 2005) is from the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster and is a draft for public comment. It is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reconstruction of the collapses of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers, the results of an investigation conducted under the National Construction Safety Team Act. This report describes how the aircraft impacts and subsequent fires led to the collapses of the towers; whether the fatalities were low or high, including an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the towers; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision. Extensive details are to be found in the 42 companion reports. The final report on the collapse of WTC 7 appears in a separate report. Flexbasing : Achieving Global Presence for Expeditionary Aerospace Forces This provides access to RAND publication MR-113-AF, prepared by Paul S. Killingsworth and others, dated 2000. The report is published by RAND's Project Air Force Division. It presents an analysis of the issues involved in deploying and employing forces in overseas locations. Topics include the expeditionary imperative, the flexbasing strategy, and a global logistics / mobility support system. The text is available in PDF format Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism : Second Report of Session 2002-03 This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, HC196 (incorporating HC 1196 session 2001-02), published in December 2002. This report follows on from an interim report on the UK Government response to the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks (HC 384 session 2001-02). It looks at; multilateral developments since June 2002 including EU and NATO actions against terrorism; developments in US foreign policy; an assessment of Al Qaeda; the threat from Iraq; disarming Iraq; the possibility of military action against Iraq; and the War on Terrorism including developments in the Arab world, Arab-Israeli conflict and Afghanistan. Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism : Second Report of Session 2003-04 : Report Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, HC81, published in February 2004. It is part of a continuing assessment on the War on Terrorism and looks at developments since July 2003 in post conflict Iraq, the Israeli Palestinian conflict, threats to security in the Middle East region, the continuing threat from international terrorist networks, multilateral institutions (NATO, the EU and UN) and the war on terror. Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism : Seventh Report of Session 2001-02 : Report, Together with Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence and Appendices This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, HC384, published in June 2002. It questions why the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks were not forseen and prevented. It then goes on to look at the phases of the war on terror; Phase I from the terrorist attacks to the overthrow of the Taliban, 11 September - 14 November 2001; and Phase II after the fall of the Taliban, 14 November 2001. Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism : Seventh Report of Session 2003-04 This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, HC 441-I, pubished on 29th July 2004. It is part of a continuing assessment on the War on Terrorism and it follows on from previous reports which look at the international terrorist threat (HC 81 session 2003-04, HC 405 session 2002-03, HC 196 session 2002-03 and HC 384 session 2001-02). Topics covered include; post-war Iraq including the security situation, weapons of mass destruction, reconstruction, and political developments; Afghanistan including the political situation, reconstruction and security; Pakistan and its cooperation in the war against terrorism and nuclear proliferation; the Russian Federation including its commitment to the war on terrorism and the situation in Chechnya; the Israel Palestine conflict including the Road Map for peace; International law and the war on terror; and International cooperation to tackle terrorism. Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism : Tenth Report of Session 2002-03 This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report, HC 405, pubished in July 2003. It follows on from two previous reports which look at the international terrorist threat (HC 196 session 2002-03 and HC 384 session 2001-02) and HC 813-I The Decision to go to War in Iraq. It looks at the period January to June 2003 and covers; the threat from Iraq including weapon inspections, the decision to go to war, and the immediate postwar period; the FCO's response to international terrorism including efforts to disable Al Qaeda and related terrorist networks; and the War on Terror including the Israel-Palestine conflict, reform in teh Arab world, UK and US relations, and developing alternatives to regime change. Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism This is the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Report, HC 573, incorporating HC 904-I, published on 2nd July 2006. The chapters cover; the ongoing threat from terrorism including the international threat, developments in al Qaeda, public diplomacy and human rights in Guantanamo Bay; Saudi Arabia; the United Arab Emirates; Israel and Palestine; Iraq; Iran; Afghanistan; and non proliferation. The conclusions of the report are that al Qaeda remains a serious threat to the United Kingdom and its interests and that the security situation in post war Iraq has proved a powerful source of propaganda and training for international terrorists. The report also raises concerns over Iran's involvement in Iraq and its nuclear intentions; and the deterioration in security in Afghanistan. Future Air Force Needs for Survivability A key technical issue for future Air Force systems is to improve their ability to survive. Increased use of stealth technology is proposed by many to be the major element in efforts to enhance survivability for future systems. The National Research Council (NRC) was asked to investigate combinations of speed and stealth that would provide U.S. aircraft with a high survival capability in the 2018 period, and to identify changes in R&D plans to enable such aircraft. This report was published in 2006 and presents a review of stealth technology development; a discussion of possible future missions and threats; an analysis of the technical feasibility for achieving various levels of stealth and different speeds by 2018 and of relevant near-term R&D needs and priorities; and observations about the utility of speed and stealth trade-offs against evolving threats. Future Capabilities : Government Response to the House of Commons Defence Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2004-05 This is the full text pdf version of Cm 6616, published on 6th July 2005. It sets out the government response to HC 45-I, House of Commons Defence Committee: Future Capabilities: Fourth Report, published on 17th March 2005, which discussed the proposals for future armed forces structure, equipment and personnel plans in the July 2004 defence White Paper, Delivering Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities. The report takes each of the recommendations made in the original Defence Committee report and provides the Ministry of Defence response to each one grouping them into the following areas; scales of effort and concurrency, the financial context, maritime, land, air, networked enabled capability, support and logistics, operating with allies, and capability gaps. Future Infantry Structure This site gives access to the full text of a speech given by the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP, to the House of Commons on 16th December 2004 at 12.31 pm, Column 1795 and the ensuing debate (you will need to scroll down towards the bottom of the page to get to it). The statement outlines the planned restructuring of the British Army. It is intended that the new structure will rebalance the Army in order to meet twenty-first century needs of deployability, readiness and flexibility. The proposed force structure will consist of two armoured brigades, three mechanised brigades, a light and an air assault brigade. In order to do this, four infantry battalions will be abolished, regiments will be merged, approximately 2,400 posts will be redeployed across the force structure, and about 400 people will be made redundant. Future Modelling and Simulation Challenges This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-073 Paris, November 2002. This contains papers from the RTO NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) Conference held in Breda, The Netherlands, 12-14 November 2001. The aim of the conference was to provide an overview of NATO and national modelling and simulation (M&S) organisations, perspectives, projects, practices and policy. Other topics covered were the use of M&S to support operations (e.g. training and communication systems), future trends in M&S (such as virtual forces and artificial intelligence, gaming and agent technology, etc.), M&S best practices (such as Validation Verification & Accreditation (VV&A) and standards). Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (7.13 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent : The Strategic Context : Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2005–06 This is the full text of the House of Commons Defence Committee Ninth Report of Session 2005-06, HC 1558, published on 26th July 2006. The report is the Government's response to the House of Commons Defence Committee Eighth Report of Session 2005-06, HC 986, which was published on 30th June 2006. HC 986 discussed the future of the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent outside of the military and political context of the Cold War and looked at whether it is relevant in the current security environment and its role in the UK's international status. It responds to the areas on MoD engagement in discussions; the size of the UK's nuclear arsenal; the role of the nuclear deterrent; international impact; independence; future threats; the timetable for decisions and expected lifetime of warheads, ballistic missiles and submarines; the UK skills base and infrastructure; and deterrent posture. Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent : The Strategic Context This is the full text of the House of Commons Defence Committee Eighth Report of Session 2005-06, HC986, published on 30th June 2006. The report discusses the future of the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent outside of the military and political context of the Cold War and looks at whether it is relevant in the current security environment. The chapters examine the UK strategic nuclear deterrent and its components including nuclear platforms, warheads and missiles; UK nuclear posture, defence policy, and the purpose of the deterrent; the strategic nuclear deterrence and the UK's international influence; independence of the UK's nuclear deterrence and possible dependencies on the United States; current and future threats; and the substance and timing of UK decisions. Gaza's Unfinished Business The Israel-Hamas war has now ended but none of the factors that triggered it have been addressed. Three months after unilateral ceasefires crossings into Gaza remain closed; reconstruction has yet to begin; rockets are still fired into Israel; arms smuggling continues; the Israeli soldier Corporal Shalit remains captive and Palestinians remain divided. Some things have changed as a result of the fighting, many hundreds have lost their lives, tens of thousands have lost their livelihoods and a new political landscape has emerged. But the status quo is unsustainable. Palestinian reconciliation and a fully satisfactory resolution in Gaza may not be likely, but it may be possible to reduce the risk of escalation. This would require greater flexibility from local actors – and far greater political courage from outside ones. Girl Soldiers : Challenging the Assumptions This is the full text pdf version of a paper written by Rachel Brett, published by the Quaker United Nations Office and published on 5th November 2002. It is based on a research report by Yvonne E. Keairns titled The Voice of Girl Child Soldiers which was published in October 2002 and identifies some of the key findings that raise policy issues. These include the forced recruitment and volunteering of girls; sexual abuse and exploitation; sense of self and time; why girls volunteer; benefits; the future for the girls; and substance abuse and addiction. Global Trends 2025 : A Transformed World Produced by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence in 2008, this paper identifies key trends, the factors that drive them, where they seem to be headed, and how they might interact. It uses scenarios to illustrate some of the many ways in which the drivers examined in the study (e.g., globalisation, demography, the rise of new powers, the decay of international institutions, climate change, and the geopolitics of energy) may interact to generate challenges and opportunities for future decisionmakers. The study as a whole is more a description of the factors likely to shape events than a prediction of what will actually happen. Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 This is the full text pdf version of Cm 6786; the UK government's response to the recommendations and conclusions made by the Intelligence and Security Committee report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005, Cm 6785, published on 11 May 2006. The ISC report looked at security matters related to the terrorist attacks on the London Underground and a bus on the 7th July 2005. This report responds to the conclusions made about what intelligence was known prior to July 2005; the threat level and alert state systems; assessing the threat; and coverage, resources and cooperation. Government's Response to the Deepcut Review This site provides access to the full text pdf version of Cm 6851, published on 13th June 2006. It is the government response to the Deepcut Review into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002 which looked at the training of Army recruits and bullying. The report responds to the recommendations made by the Deepcut Review and covers; recruitment age, the training environment, access to medical records, selection of trainees, discharge of minors, audit of training estates, supervision of trainees, training and selection of instructors, induction, dealing with abuse and claims of mistreatment, and investigations and inquests into the deaths of soldiers. Great Britain Parliament - House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. Counter Terrorism Measures in British Airports : Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2009–10 On 24 March 2010 the Home Affairs Committee published its Ninth Report of Session 2009–10, Counter Terrorism Measures in British Airports, HC 311. A number of recommendations have been made by the Select Committee and the Government has provided a response to each of these in turn. [originator's text] Green Paper : Defence Procurement This is the full text pdf version of the Commission of the European Communities Green Paper, COM(2004)608, published on 23rd September 2004. The paper outlines plans for the creation of a European defence equipment market, EDEM, in order to strengthen the competitiveness of the European defence industry and support the development of the EU's military capabilities under the European Security and Defence Policy, ESDP. The paper looks at the current state of defence procurement markets, their characteristics and the existing regulatory framework and considers possible lines of action. Gulf War Illnesses : DoD's Conclusions About U.S. Troops' Exposure Cannot Be Adequately Supported Report numbered GAO-04-821T, from the United States General Accounting Office to the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, published in June 2004. It suggests that more people may have been exposed to chemical warfare agents during the 1991 Persian Gulf War than first thought. The report investigated official figures previously reported by the UK Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defense, which had been arrived at through plume modelling and found them to be inadequate. Gulf War illness is thought to have come from exposure to chemical agents in plumes - smoke clouds formed from the bombing of Iraqi sites. Handbook on Long Term Defence Planning This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-069, written by Prof. Dr. Bent Erik Bakken for the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS). The handbook is based on a review of long term planning practices in several NATO nations and bodies. It aims to provide guidance and a framework for planning in order to facilitate increased and shared procedural understanding within the alliance and PfP nations. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (1 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Handbook on the Analysis of Smaller-Scale Contingency Operations in Long Term Defence Planning This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report of the Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS), RTO-TR-SAS-027, dated March 2005. The document provides an overview of current state of the art frameworks and models for the analysis of smaller scale contingency operations to be used in support of long term planning. The chapters cover the nature of smaller scale contingencies, long term defence planning, analytical frameworks, and method and model databases. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. Individual chapters or the full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK This is the full text pdf version of the Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies, MIIS CNS, Occassional Paper No. 2 written by Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and published in 1999. The paper provides a history of the evolution of North Korea's, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, missile programmes. Chapters cover early developments from 1960 to 1979 and the establishment of a ballistic missile programme; the first ballistic missiles from 1979 to 1989; and longer range designs from 1989 to 1999. Homeland Security : Air Passenger Prescreening and Counterterrorism This is the full text of CRS report for Congress order code RL32802 written by Bart Elias, William Krouse and Ed Rappaport. The adequacy of existing systems to screen air passengers against terrorist watch lists has been questioned, most notably by the 9/11 Commission. In October 2004, TSA unveiled the Secure Flight test programme the next generation domestic air passenger prescreening system. Secure Flight consists of four elements: (1) a streamlined rule for more intensive screening; (2) an identity authentication process; (3) a passenger name check against the consolidated terrorist screening database (TSDB); and (4) an appeals process for passengers who may have been misidentified.
no title available no description supplied Honing the Sword : Strategy and Forces After 9/11 Report written by Martin Corbin for the Center for Defense Information's Military Reform Project, dated February 2003. This report builds on Reforging the Sword: Forces for a 21st Security Strategy, which was published before the terrorist attacks on September 11 2001. It looks at the lessons learned from 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan for United States force structure and national security strategy. Topics covered include: successes, failures and challenges of 9/11 and Afghanistan, prevention of war, warfare doctrine, organisation of forces, leadership, the War on Terrorism, and balancing the threat spectrum. House of Commons - Committee of Public Accounts. Delivering multi-role tanker aircraft capability, second report of session 2010111, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence In March 2008 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a private finance initiative (PFI) contract with AirTanker Ltd for Future Strategic Tank Aircraft (FSTA) to provide air-to-air refuelling and passenger transport services. The deal which sees AirTanker maintain ownership of the craft and therefore maintenance is the broadest in scope of any defence PFI contract to date. Valued at £10.5 billion over 27 years, it is also the largest ever signed. PFI works best where activities and demand are predictable. In the case of FSTA this is not possible and so the Committee questions whether this PFI deal is sensible or affordable. For instance, the MoD did not decide until 2006 that FSTA should be able to fly into high threat environments, such as Afghanistan, which is a cause for great concern. Just two years after the deal was signed, the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review is likely to change the demand for the services Air Tanker has been contracted to deliver. 'Delivering Multi-Role Tanker Aircraft Capability (HC 425)' indicates that PFI is not a suitable procurement route for such important military capabilities. The significant shortcomings of this arrangement as reported by the Committee include: * Assuming that PFI would be the right solution from the outset without a sound evaluation of alternative options. * Never developing a realistic fallback if the PFI solution proved unworkable. * Failing to fully understand the costs of running its current aircraft fleets alongside sub-contractor costs. * Not fixing the requirements of the aircraft until late into the process so that negotiations took over nine years to complete - more than double the expected four years. [Abstract © TSO (The Stationery Office)2010] House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts : Ministry of Defence : Treating injury and illness arising on military operations ; twenty–seventh report of session 2009–10. Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence Medical care for troops injured or ill on operations in Afghanistan is first provided by medical officers in the field. More serious conditions are treated at the field hospital at Bastion. Nearly all seriously injured troops who return back to the UK for medical treatment go first to the NHS hospital at Selly Oak and then to Headley Court for rehabilitation. The Committee recognises the Ministry of Defence’s care of the seriously injured to date has been highly effective. The Department has developed a number of new medical techniques which have contributed to this. The Department’s success is demonstrated by the rates of unexpected survivors, which are favourable compared to major trauma victims treated by the NHS. The Committee also commends the Department's support for of seriously injured troops. The main challenge the Department faces, should casualties increase significantly, is to ensure that all military patients will receive the same standard of care they currently experience at Selly Oak and Headley Court. Some soldiers have suffered severe life changing injuries and will require specialist care for many years. This presents a further long term challenge not only for the Department who provide specialist care for them and support for their families while they remain in the Services, but also for the NHS and other government departments who will become responsible for the medical care and support of seriously injured soldiers after they leave the Armed Forces. Minor injury and illness are a lesser issue but still have the potential to impact on the fighting strength and morale of our Armed Forces in Afghanistan and the increase in rates from 4%–7% since 2006 is of concern. The Department believes that increased reporting is in part responsible for this rise but cannot quantify the significance of any one individual factor. On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General the Committee took evidence from witnesses from the Ministry of Defence on its treatment of injuries and illnesses arising as a result of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts : Ministry of Defence Battlefield Helicopters : Eighth Report of Session 2004-05 This is the full text pdf version of the report, HC 386 (incorporating HC 1191-i session 2003-04), published on 18th March 2005. This report follows on from the National Audit Office Report, Ministry of Defence: Battlefield Helicopters, HC 486, published in April 2004. Three main issues are examined in this report; increased harmonisation between the forces for helicopter support and training, helicopter and equipment shortages, and the Chinook Mark 3 helicopter procurement programme. The report found that the formation of the Joint Helicopter Command has avoided the duplication that previously occured when the three services separately deployed their helicopters but that harmonisation of training practices across the three services should be promoted. It also found a large gap in capabilities in the number of helicopters needed and those available; the lack of proposals to fill this gap has caused concern, and the problem has been made worse by the MoD being unable to use the three Chinook Mark 3 helicopters it purchased in 2001. House of Commons Defence Committee : Armed Forces Bill : First Report of Session 2005-06 This is the full text PDF version of HC 747, the Armed Forces Bill of 30 November 2005, which consolidates the Service Discipline Acts into a single piece of legislation. It will be subject to review and renewal every five years. There are two major areas of concern: that the Governments promised independent element in the complaints system is inadequate and the Bill does not include sufficient detail for an extensive analysis of the proposals. The second area of concern is that the Government proposes to remove the requirement for Parliament to approve the annual renewal of the Service Discipline Acts. House of Commons Defence Committee : Duty of Care : Third Report of Session 2004-05 : Volume I : Report Together With Formal Minutes This is the full text pdf version of HC 63-I (incorporating HC 620 i-vii, Session 2003-04) published on 14th March 2005. It is the report of the House of Commons Defence Committee's Duty of Care inquiry into initial training in the armed forces, prompted by the deaths of young soldiers at Deepcut Barracks. The chapters look at the background to the inquiry including the definition of duty of care and the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut; the recruitment process; the structure of initial training; duty of care information and structures; outcomes of the failure of duty of care; review of developments since 2002; external assurance; and the question of a public inquiry. House of Commons Defence Committee : Duty of Care : Third Report of Session 2004-05 : Volume II : Oral and Written Evidence This is the full text pdf version of HC 63-II (incorporating HC 620 i-vii, Session 2003-04) published on 14th March 2005. It provides the oral and written evidence heard by the House of Commons Defence Committee's Duty of Care inquiry into initial training in the armed forces, prompted by the deaths of young soldiers at Deepcut Barracks and accompanies HC 63-I. It includes evidence submitted by the Ministry of Defence, relatives of the deceased, Surrey Police, former armed forces recruits, and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. House of Commons Defence Committee : Future Capabilities : Fourth Report : Volume I : Report, Together with Formal Minutes This site provides access to the full text pdf version of HC 45-I (incorporating HC 1031 i-iv, session 2004-05), published on 17th March 2005. The report discusses the proposals in the July 2004 defence White Paper, Delivering Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities, which set out future force structure, equipment and personnel plans. This report warns that the Future Capabilities plans may leave gaps in capability as equipment is withdrawn and personnel are reduced before the capabilities to deliver future operational requirements are in place. The chapters look at lessons of Iraq; the Future Capabilities statement; scales of effort and concurrency assumptions; maritime, land and air proposals; network enabled capability; support and logistics; and allied operations. House of Commons Defence Committee : Future Capabilities : Fourth Report : Volume II : Oral and Written Evidence This site provides access to the full text pdf version of HC 45-II (incorporating HC 1031 i-iv, session 2004-05), published on 17th March 2005. The report provides the evidence used for Volume I of the report, HC 45-I, which discusses the proposals in the July 2004 defence White Paper, Delivering Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities, which set out future force structure, equipment and personnel plans. House of Commons Defence Committee : Iraq : An Initial Assessment of Post Conflict Operations : Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2004-05 : First Special Report of Session 2005-06 This site provides access to the full text pdf version of HC 436, published on 27th July 2005. It is the Government response to HC 65 I published on 24th March 2005, which looked at the transition from war fighting to peace enforcement in Iraq and the UK military contribution to managing the post conflict situation. The report sets out the Government response to each of the main points of the Defence Committee's report; pre war planning for the post conflict phase, insurgency, challenges in Southern Iraq, security sector reform, naval forces, Iraqi police service, Iraqi national intelligence service, Iraqi army, judicial reform, militias, disarmament and small arms, private security companies, civil military issues, broadening the coalition, future commitment to Iraq and Whitehall issues. House of Commons Defence Committee : Iraq : An Initial Assessment of Post Conflict Operations : Sixth Report of Session 2004-05 This site provides access to the full text html version of HC 65-I and HC 65-II (oral and written evidence), published on 24th March 2005. The report looks at the transition from war fighting to peace enforcement in Iraq and the UK military contribution to managing the post conflict situation. The chapters look at pre war planning for the post conflict phase; insurgency and counter insurgency campaigns; challenges in Southern Iraq; Iraqi security sector reform; civil military issues including reconstruction and non governmental organisations; broadening the coalition, which looks at involvement from the United Nations, the European Union and NATO; future commitment to Iraq and Whitehall issues. House of Commons Defence Committee : Tri Service Armed Forces Bill : Second Report of Session 2004-05 : Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence This is the full text pdf version of HC 64 (incorporating HC 1139-i, session 2003-04), published on 14th March 2005. The report examines the Government's proposal to replace the three separate Service Discipline Acts with a single Tri Service Act in the 2005-06 parliamentary session. The chapters look at the case for a single act for the three armed forces services; proposals for a single system of service law which encompasses discipline and court martial, human rights issues, redress of complaints, and boards of inquiry; and parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill and proposed legislation. House of Commons Defence Committee : Work of the Committee in 2004 : First Report of Session 2004-05 This site provides access to the full text of the House of Commons paper, HC 290, published on 10th February 2005. The paper looks at the main work of the Defence Committee during the 2004 calendar year. This included an inquiry into the capabilities needed by the armed forces in order to meet the requirements of the December 2003 Defence White Paper, Delivering Security in a Changing World, and the July 2004 Defence White Paper, Delivering Security in a Changing World: Future Capabilities. There has also been a Duty of Care inquiry into initial training in the armed forces, prompted by the deaths of young soldiers at Deepcut Barracks. Further topics covered by the report include lessons of the Iraq war and post-war operations; defence procurement; strategic export controls; and defence policy initiatives and legislation. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee - Ministry of Defence: Support to High Intensity Operations, Fifty–fourth Report of Session 2008–09 Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence The United Kingdom has deployed forces in Iraq since 2003 as part of Multi-National Force-Iraq. United Kingdom Forces have been deployed to Afghanistan since 2002. Both these military operations have been transport and equipment support challenges due to distance, lack of direct maritime access to Afghanistan. Difficult environmental conditions and the pace and intensity of operations continues to be high against a significant and determined enemy threat. Support to forces deployed on operations is crucial in enabling military capability. This report considers: medical support, pre-deployment training, equipment procured as Urgent Operational Requirements, supply chain targets, the availability of equipment and spares and the re-supply of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee : Ministry of Defence : Chinook Mk 3 : eighth report of session 2008-09 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence In 1995, the Ministry of Defence (UK) ordered 14 Chinook Mk2a helicopters. Six of were Mk2a and have flown satisfactorily ever since delivery. The remaining eight were modified to an Mk3 standard in order to meet a requirement for Special Forces. The Committee examined the procurement of these eight helicopters in this report on Battlefield Helicopters and considered it to be one of the worst examples of equipment procurement ever scrutinised and with a significant impact on the safety and logistics of the British armed forces on operations. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee : Ministry of Defence : support to high intensity operations : fifty-fourth report of session 2008-09 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence The United Kingdom has deployed forces in Iraq since 2003 as part of the Multi-National Force-Iraq. On 30 April 2009, the Government announced the end of United Kingdom combat missions in Iraq and, as at May 2009, the number of United Kingdom forces had reduced to around 3,700 as part of the planned drawdown. United Kingdom Forces have been deployed to Afghanistan since 2002. The UK Ministry of Defence currently has around 8,300 personnel there as part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Southern Afghanistan. The long distances between Iraq and Afghanistan and the United Kingdom and lack of direct maritime access to Afghanistan, complicate the transport of personnel and equipment. In addition, these countries have difficult environmental conditions, including harsh and varied terrain, extreme temperatures and dust. In Afghanistan, the tempo and intensity of operations continues to be high against a significant and determined enemy threat. Military capability is key. The provision of medical support, including life-saving treatment at the front line, has been a particular success. This is reflected in the increasing number of unexpected survivors following severe battlefield injuries. The provision of pre-deployment training is responsive to changing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and theatre commanders are confident of its quality. But pre-deployment training is constrained by a number of factors, particularly the shortage of appropriate equipment to train with and delays in replicating Middle Eastern environments. The proportion of soldiers and Royal Marines who are not training with their units before deploying is increasing, passing risk on to theatre commanders. The majority of equipment procured as Urgent Operational Requirements has performed well in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of these new vehicles, such as Mastiff, have provided improved protection. There have, however, been shortages of spare parts, including for Mastiff. Spare parts for the Merlin and Apache helicopters are also in short supply, and cannibalisation of helicopters to support the fleets deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan has contributed to an 11% shortfall in helicopters available for training and to support contingent operations. The Department has not met its supply chain targets for the delivery of stock to Iraq and Afghanistan. Since July 2007 only 57% of demands made in Afghanistan and 71% made in Iraq met the supply chain targets. The Department has put in place measures to improve this performance, including action to increase the proportion of routine stocks that are delivered by surface transport. Despite progress, the Department’s logistic information remains inadequate. On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Committee examined the availability of equipment and spares, the re-supply of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the training of Service personnel for operations and support to Service personnel in theatre. House of Lords European Union Committee, 8th report of session 2007–08 : current developments in European defence policy, report with evidence Matters for discussion include: • Deployment and deployability of Battlegroups • The Nordic Battlegroup • The UK’s state of readiness • Problems of force generation with particular reference to missions in Africa • Availability of helicopters—in-house capability and the airlift market • Availability of helicopters and the effects on aid delivery • The Strategic Airlift Interim Solution Consortium and the C17 initiative • Purchase of A400M by EU Member States and pooling resources with EU partners • The European Defence Agency (EDA) budget and different attitudes to spending • The EDA’s role in the development of capability versus its role as an agent of industrial policy • The UK’s attitude to Research and Technology • The EDA’s role in force protection • Communications and information systems • Avoidance of duplication • The extent of UK engagement in EDA projects • Rapid reaction capability and matching force generation to political commitment • Medical facilities for missions • The proposed EU police mission for Kosovo The Chairman is Lord Roper How Advances in Information and Firepower can Transform Warfare (1998) This web site is the full text of a 1998 Rand Research Brief. It is documented in full in the text 'To Find and Not to Yield, How Advances in Information and Firepower can Transform Theater Warfare' by David A Ochmanek et.al. (1998). The paper provides an overview of the value of investing in new military technology and the changes it will have upon conflicts and potential conflicts. Human Rights Watch World Report 2004 : Human Rights and Armed Conflict The Human Rights Watch conducts investigations into human rights abuses in seventy countries around the world. The focus of this 2004 Report is on human rights and armed conflict and offers refelctive and analytical essays. Subjects covered in the essays include the War in Iraq, intervention and human rights in Africa, peacekeeping in Afghanistan, human rights in postwar Iraq, Chechnya, rules and laws of war relating to the War on Terrorism, children and war, cluster munitions, arms supplies, and twenty-five years of the human rights movement. The report is available for download in English, Spanish, Arabic and German language versions. Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups : A Manual for Practitioners Provided by ReliefWeb and published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in January 2006, this manual provides the tools to make a structured approach to humanitarian negotitations with armed groups in order to protect vulnerable groups, safeguard humanitarian space and improve respect for international law in times of armed conflict. The chapters cover; humanitarian negotiations motivations and partners; framing negotiations; working towards more effective negotiations; and negotiating on specific issues. Hurricane Katrina : Better Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the Military's Response to Catastrophic Natural Disasters This is the full text pdf version of GAO 06 643, the United States Government Accountability Office Report to the Congressional Committees published in May 2006. The report investigates the Department of Defense emergency reponse plan for providing military personnel to assist civil authorities in times of disaster and makes recommendations based on the emergency response and disaster management in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in the US during June 2005. Implications of Multilingual Interoperability of Speech Technology for Military Use This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Technical Report, RTO-TR-IST-011, dated September 2004. The report was produced by the RTO Information Systems Technology Panel (IST/RTG-001). It presents the results of a study into the development and assessment of multilingual speech and language technology for military communications, command and control, intelligence, and training systems. The report looks at the importance of speech processing technology to the military and the technical challenges of non-native speech production; assesses non-native and multilingual speech databases; looks at language, dialect and accent recognition problems; and presents the experimental results findings of the project. The full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. In the crossfire : critical infrastructure in the age of cyber war In the wake of the financial crisis, assuring the integrity and availability of key national industries may no longer be government priority, but this is a crucial point of strategic vulnerability. Six hundred IT and security executives from critical infrastructure enterprises across seven sectors in 14 countries worldwide answered a survey about their practices, attitudes and policies on security–the impact of regulation, their relationship with government, specific security measures employed on their networks, and the kinds of attacks they face. The replies indicate repeated cyberattack, often by high-level adversaries. The impact is often severe with a high cost. Although they generally report satisfaction with the security resources available to them the recession has cut widely and deeply. Significantly there is concern about how well-prepared critical infrastructure is to deal with large-scale attacks. Information Management Challenges in Achieving Coalition Interoperability Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-064, 28-30 May 2001, Quebec Canada. It contains unclassified papers and the technical evaluation report presented at the RTO Information Systems Technology Panel (IST) Symposium. The papers focus on issues of interoperability during coalition operations, subjects covered include C4I (command, control, communications, computers and intelligence), information systems, network centric warfare, software technology and integrated systems. Inquiry into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on ASIO (Australian Sceurity and Intelligence Organisation), ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service) and DSD (Defence Signals Directorate) report released on 1st March 2004. It investigates intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction which were used as justification for a pre-emptive war with Iraq in March 2003 and whether the intelligence used by the Australian government was accurate and reliable enough in order to make a case for military conflict. It also makes recommendations for an independent inquiy into the performance and operation of Australian intelligence agencies. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the RAND occasional paper, OP-127-IPC/CMEPP written by Bruce Hoffman and published in June 2004. The paper questions what has gone wrong with counterinsurgency operations in Iraq following the end of the 2003 Iraq War, the challenges faced by coalition forces to restore peace to the area and lessons for future counterinsurgency operations and planning. Intelligence and Security Committee : Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 This is the full text pdf version of the Intelligence and Security Committee report, Cm 6785, published on 11 May 2006. The report is the result of an investigation into intelligence and security matters related to the terrorist attacks on the London Underground and a bus on the 7th July 2005. The report looks at the pre July context including the UK government's counter terrorism strategy, the nature and limitations of intelligence, security service investigations and the threat from Islamist terrorism; whether any intelligence was missed about the attackers and their plans that could have prevented it from happening; the lowering of the threat level in May 2005 and problems with the alert state system; assessment of the threat and coverage of the threat. Introduction to Airborne Early Warning Radar Flight Test Research and Technology Organization Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development report, RTO-AG-300-V16, sponsored by the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI) and published in 1999. The report describes the theory and procedures needed to perform flight testing of airborne early warning radar in order for them to function with increased surveillance and battlefield awareness capabilities. The document is contained in the RTO's full text publication library. Investigation of Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib Published in August 2004 and also known as the Fay Report, this pdf report is divided into three main chapters; Executive Summary; AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Prison and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade by LTG Anthony R. Jones; and AR 15-6 Investigation of the Abu Ghraib Detention Facility and 205th Military Intelligence Brigade by MG George R. Fay. The section written by MG Fay looks specifically at whether members of 205 MI BDE encouraged or condoned personnel in the abuse of detainees and whether they complied with legal regulations on the interrogation of prisoners. The investigation by LTG Jones focuses on whether organisations and/or personnel in the chain of command above 205 MI BDE were invloved directly or indirectly in the detainee abuse. Areas covered in the report include the operational environment in Iraq, abuse and discipline and leadership. Iran, Iraq, and the Changing Face of Defense Cooperation in the Gulf by Anthony H. Cordesman The Southern Gulf states, the region, and the US all face a rapidly changing threat environment in the Gulf, and a sharply rising need for defense cooperation. These needs, and the changes in threat and military balance that shape them, are described in detail in a new analysis developed by the Arleigh A. Burke Chair at CSIS entitled, Iran, Iraq, and the Changing Face of Defense Cooperation in the Gulf. This analysis shows how the rise of Iran’s asymmetric, missile, and potential nuclear warfare capabilities are changing the threat, as well as how the destruction of Iraq’s forces in 2003 have fundamentally change the balance in the region. It also shows, however, that Iran still has grave weaknesses as a military power, that the Southern Gulf states can bring far more resources to bear than Iran, and that major options exist for improving the level of cooperation within the GCC; with Iraq; and with the US, Britain, and France. It also shows that Iran is only part of the story that shapes the need for improved cooperation in the Gulf. The Southern Gulf states also face continuing threats from extremism and terrorism. They face risks from the growing instability in Yemen, the Horn, and the Red Sea. Moreover, they must adapt to whole new missions like missile defense, the protection of critical infrastructure, and complex forms of hybrid and asymmetric warfare. All of these pressures create a rising need for integrated training, planning, intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance (IS&R), and command and control efforts within the Southern Gulf states; and cooperation with Iraq, the US, Britain, and France. They are reducing reaction times, increasing the complexity of operations, meeting the need for rapid deployment forces, and improving the ability to change and adapt to new threats. [Original description] Iraq : Killings of Civilians in Basra and al-Amara Full text of the Amnesty International report, published on 11th May 2004, which investigates the killing of civilians by British troops in Iraq. It looks at the killing of individuals and demonstrators by UK forces and the investigation and reparation of those killings. It also discussses whether the killings were within international humanitarian law as governed by the Geneva Conventions and Protocols, and the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials in Non-Combat Situations. It also investigates killings by individuals and armed groups in Southern Iraq for political reasons, and the possibility of the involvement of Shi'a Islamist groups in Basra in violent crime. This section looks at the killing of Ba'ath party members and former government officials and professionals, investigations into the killings and the challenges for the Iraqi Police service. Iraq : State of the Evidence This site provides access to the full text Human Rights Watch publication, published in November 2004. It details what has happened to key archival and forensic evidence on crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed by Saddam Hussein and the Ba'thist government in Iraq. It surveys what has been done by the US-led coalition and the Iraqi interim government to secure documentary and forensic evidence and the implications of this for a war crimes tribunal. Iraq Resolution 1441 This is the full text pdf version of the UK Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith's note to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on the 7th March 2003, which contains advice on the legality of going to war with Iraq. This document has caused controversy as the advice given to Parliament on the 17th March 2003, when the decision to go to war was made, didn't contain the same concerns about legality. The paper looks at whether UN Resolution 1441 provides sufficient authorisation to use force. The document was made public on the 28th April 2005 following part of it being leaked to the media. Iraq Study Group Report This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the report produced by the Iraq Study Group and published by Vintage Books on 6th December 2006. The report looks at United States policy in Iraq and calls for a new approach to the situation. The first part of the report provides an assessment of the current situation in post war Iraq with a focus on security, politics, economics, and international support; looks at the consequences of the continued decline in Iraq; and lays out alternative courses of action for Iraq including precipitating a withdrawal, staying the course, providing more troops for Iraq, and devolution to three regions. The second section is titled the way forward - a new approach and covers the external approach including the new diplomatic offensive, the Iraq International Support Group, international relations with Iran and Syria and the wider regional context; and the internal approach which includes creating Iraqi security and military forces, police and criminal justice, and US economic and reconstruction assistance. Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs This site provides access to the full text pdf document of the US Central Intelligence Agency's assessment on Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapon programmes, published in October 2002 prior to the Iraq War. It looks at the United Nations sanctions and verification process and Iraq's level of compliance with inspectors. Iraqi Perspectives Project : A View of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam's Senior Leadership Published on the 24th March 2006, this is the full text pdf version of a United States Joint Forces Command unclassified report, which examines military operations in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's regime from the point of view of Iraqi military and civilian leaders. Written by Kevin M. Woods with Michael R. Pease, Mark E. Stout, Williamson Murray and James G. Lacey, it is the result of a two year study of Iraqi documents seized in 2003 and interviews with senior Iraqi military and political leaders. It offers a view of Operation Iraqi Freedom from an Iraqi perspective and covers the nature of the regime, military strategy, military effectiveness and capabilities, operational planning, preparations for war and execution. Iraqi War Fighting Capabilities : A Dynamic Net Assessment This is the full text pdf version of a report written by Anthony H. Cordesman and published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in July 2002. Written prior to the 2002 Iraq War, it provides an outline of Iraq's current military forces and operational capabilities; the problem of a dynamic net assessment; Iraq containment; the low level war over no fly zones; international relations between Iraq and Iran; Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD, capabilities; proposals and scenarios for a US led coalition attack on Iraq; and problems that could occur during conflict termination and nation building in post war Iraq. Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction : Intelligence and Assessments CM 5972, produced by the Intelligence and Security Committee and presented to Parliament in September 2003. The purpose of this report was not to decide whether the invasion of Iraq was correct - it was produced to assess whether the intelligence which informed the invasion was correct and accurately reflected in UK Government publications. The report assesses all Joint Intelligence Committee assessments published since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. It also studies two reports issued by the Government: the Iraq Dossier, Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Assessment of the British Government, published in September 2002; and Iraq: Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation, published in February 2003. Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy : Can the American Way of War Adapt? Written by Colin S. Gray and published in March 2006 by the American War College Strategic Studies Institute. The monograph looks at the strategy and theory of irregular and asymmetric warfare and whether the theories are adequate to explain the concept. The paper finds that the theory is adequate but that the traditional American way of war is inadequate to meet current threats. It concludes that there is a mismatch between the American way of war and the capabilities needed for irregular warfare and counterinsurgency operations in particular. Is It Time For A UK National Security Council? Research paper published by the Joint Services Command and Staff College, written by Major C.R. Warner. The paper looks at whether the UK should be following the United States by also having a National Security Council. The paper looks at the changes that would need to be made to the governemnt structure to support it. Israel and the Occupied Territories : The Place of the Fence/Wall in International Law This website provides access to a briefing issued by Amnesty International on 19th February 2004. It discusses the legality of the barrier/separation fence erected by Israel on the West Bank in 2003. The briefing argues that this violates the human rights of the Palestinian people. There are links to other related documents. Joint Bradford - SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project Hosted by the University of Bradford Department of Peace Studies in the School of Social and International Studies. This site combines the SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project and the Bradford Project on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Preventing Biological Warfare. The site contains video footage, full text reports and papers. It also provides links to the home page for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. Kashmir This site provides access to House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/28, published on 30 March 2004. The paper examines the conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir and discussions between India, Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists to resolve the disagreements. It looks at the history of the conflict, UN involvement, the Dixon Plan and the wars of 1965 and 1972; insurgency in the region; the situation after 2001 including Pakistan and US relations, troop deployments and Indian policy reassessment; rapproachment including peace talks; and the British government view. Kosovo : Lessons from the Crisis This is the parliamentary report, Cm 4724, produced by the Secretary of State for Defence in June 2000, after the Kosovo crisis. It describes the background to the conflict, the operation itself, and lessons which can be learnt from it. It lists the units and assets involved and divides the operations into land, air and sea as well as giving an overall view. Laboratory Biosecurity Implementation Guidelines This is the full text pdf version of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Department 6928, Sandia National Laboratories report, SAND2005 2348P, published in April 2005. The report provides guidance to bioscience facilities on the implementation of laboratory biosecurity concepts that were outlined in the 2004 third edition of the World Health Organisation's Laboratory Biosafety Manual, LBM. The report discusses the risk posed by natural and deliberate outbreaks of highly infectious diseases, laboratory biosaftey and laboratory biosecurity, risk, physical security, personnel management, material control and accountability, and programme management. Land Operations in the Year 2020 (LO2020) Research and Technology Organization Technical Report, RTO-TR-8, published March 1999. It contains the final report of the Long-Term Sceintific Study on Land Forces in the Year 2020, sponsored by SHAPE and the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS). Its aim is to provide long-term planning and requirements guidance to NATO commanders by identifying the types of land forces and the capabilities that will be required on the NATO battlefield in 2020. Lashkar-I-Taiba : The Fallacy of subservient proxies and the future of Islamist terrorism in India The foundation of Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT), the development of its modus operandi, and an investigation of LeT’s activities in India, Pakistan, and the Kashmir region are discussed. Impacts of LeT on domestic Islamist terrorism in India are addressed. Lean Logistics : High-Velocity Logistics and the C-5 Galaxy This provides access to RAND publication MR-581-AF, prepared by Timothy L. Ramey, dated 1999. The report is published by RAND's Project Air Force Division. The report considers the effects on operation of the C-5 Galaxy of radically reducing the time required to move and repair components of that airlift aircraft. The text is available in PDF format. Lessons from the North : Canadas Privatization of Military Ammunition Production This web site provides access to the 2004 RAND monograph, MG-169-OSD, by W. Michael Hix, Bruce Held, and Ellen M. Pint. It looks at whether Canada's decision to privatise its government owned munition plants can be applied to the US Army's ammunition and ordnance manufacturing industry. The chapters look at privatisation towards the end of the twentieth century; military ammunition plants in the USA; ammunition manufacture in Canada; and the transformation of the Canadian industrial base. Lessons of Iraq : Government Response to the Committee's Third Report of Session 2003-04 Produced by the House of Commons Defence Committee, this is a full text pdf file of HC635 published on 8 June 2004. It is the First Special Report of 2003-04 and is the government's response to the Defence Committee's Lessons of Iraq, HC57-I, published in March 2004. It discusses the conclusions of the earlier report which examined the lessons learned during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the performance of British Armed Forces during Operation Telic. Lessons of Iraq : Volume I : Report Together with Formal Minutes This is HC 57-I, the third report of the House of Commons Defence Committee, published on the 16th March 2004. It analyses the lessons learned during Operation Iraqi Freedom with a focus on Britain's contribution to the coalition, Operation Telic. The report aims to concentrate on the combat period in March and April 2003, but does have a chapter on transition and reconstruction. The report is divided into fifteen sections which cover; planning and strategy, command and control, medical services, deployment, defence and personal equipment, personnel issues, costs, information operations and the media. Liberia 1994 : ECOMOG and UNOMIL Response to a Complex Emergency This report was written by John Mackinlay and Abiodun Alao and published by the United Nations University in 1995. The report examines the Liberian civil war and peace agreement signed in October 1993 at Cotonou in Benin and why the cease fire collapsed less than a year later. The report looks at the history of violence and ethnic conflict in Liberia; foreign intervention and the Cotonou Agreement; why Cotonou failed including fundamental flaws in the agreement, disarmament, the role of ECOMOG - ECOWAS, or Economic Community of West African States, Monitoring Group and UN coordination. It also looks at lessons learned that can be used for future humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping operations. M&S Support to Assessment of Extended Air Defence C2 Interoperability This report number RTO-TR-MSG-006 is concerned with ATBM (Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile) capabilities within NATO countries. One of the issues will be interoperability between all NATO TBM defence elements, especially the command and control elements; tactical and procedural co-ordination between combined and joint EAD forces; and deployment and contribution of future systems. NATO and the nations can do something to improve C2 and turn individual weapon systems (point solutions) into an integrated defense system. This is especially important for those nations who do not possess their own TBM assets and must rely on an umbrella from other nations whilst contributing to counterforce or other aspects of a mission. The only way of knowing of how Nations can achieve this is through modelling and simulation (and progressively work to a situation where the simulated elements are replaced by real ones). This simulation environment could also provide a training framework. The NATO RTO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) recognized the role that interoperable simulations could play in the TBMD field and set up a Task Group to investigate this area. The report of the MSG006/TG006 exploratory group describes the issues relating to EAD and C2 interoperability within NATO, the current use of M&S to support the EAD field (e.g. training, research and analysis) and it identified opportunities for improved M&S support. The findings of the study include the fact that although the High Level Architecture (HLA) is the accepted standard for M&S interoperability, many existing models and simulations can not effectively interoperate due to lack of compliance either to HLA or to a standardised datamodel (e.g. covering tactical datalinks). The TG proposes to set up a follow-on programme to demonstrate the possibilities of M&S through a Reference Testbed for NATO TMD. The activities of this follow-on Task Group will be harmonized with the NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (TBMD) Feasibility Studies. Results from the Reference Testbed study could also be applied to future European BMD projects with an emphasis on its linkage with the US BMD. [Taken from abstract]. The report was published in May 2004 by RTO and is available in PDF format. Maintaining Hydration : Issues, Guidelines and Delivery This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-HFM-086. The papers are from the RTO Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) specialists meeting, held in Boston, United States, on 10-11 December 2003. The papers presented look at: hydration issues and problems for the armed forces; current military fluid guidelines requirements and planning; water logistics and delivery systems; and medical issues with fluid or electrolyte imbalances. The full text of the papers can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Mapping the Global Future : Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project This site provides access to full text pdf and html versions of the Report, NIC 2004-13, published in December 2004. The report is based on consultations with worldwide non governmental experts and looks at global trends, evolving world developments and possible futures. The chapters look at the contradictions of globalisation, the changing geopolitical landscape, new challenges to governance, and pervasive insecurity which includes internal conflicts and transnational terrorism. The site also links to two previous NIC reports, Global Trends 2010 (revised November 1997) and Global Trends 2015 (December 2000). Massive Military Data Fusion and Visualisation : Users Talk with Developers This report (RTO-MP-105) was published in 2004 and is the result of an interactive workshop held at the Norwegian Defence Logistics and Management College, Halden, Norway on 10-13 September 2002. It was organised into thematic discussion periods both in plenary sessions and in focus groups (syndicates). Each plenary discussion period was preceded by a small number of formal presentations on the particular theme, intended to provoke thoughts from the participants that were further developed in the working discussions. The publication is divided in 8 sessions. Sessions 1 to 7 end with Questions and Answers. Session 8 presents the conclusions of the focus groups in 5 separate syndicates. [Taken from abstract]. The report is available in PDF format. Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counterdrug Policy The author Mr Hal Brands describes the Merida Initiative by the Mexican and United States governments. The Merida Initiative is designed to combat the drug-fuelled violence which is growing in Mexico. The initiative aims to strengthen the Mexican police and armed forces, permitting them to take the initiative against Mexico’s powerful drug cartels. The author argues the Merida Initiative is unlikely to have a meaningful, long-term impact because it focusses on security, enforcement, and interdiction issues and does not tackle the deeper structural problems in Mexico. These problems, ranging from official corruption to U.S. domestic drug consumption, have so far frustrated Mexican attempts to subdue the cartels, and will likely hinder the effectiveness of the Merida Initiative as well. To make U.S. counternarcotics policy fully effective, it will be imperative to forge a more integrated approach to the “war on drugs.” Military Command Team Effectiveness : Model and Instrument for Assessment and Improvement This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report of the Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM), RTO-TR-HFM-087, dated April 2005. The document provides the results of a study on team effectiveness and looks at how to support commanders in producing effective performance from their teams. It presents a CTEF model and critical factors instrument. The chapters cover military command teams, reviews team effectiveness models, describes the CTEF model, and looks at the effects of conditionson processes and outcomes. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. Individual chapters or the full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Military Data and Information Fusion This site provides access to the full text Research and Technology Organisation Meeting Proceedings of the Information Systems Technology Panel symposium held on 20-22 October 2003 in Prague. The number of the report is RTO-MP-IST-040 and was published in March 2004. The symposium looked at the latest research and technology in military data and information fusion. The papers cover topics such as integrated data environments, intelligence fusion, interoperability, information evaluation, Bayesian networks, and ontological approaches to military knowledge. Military Reform Project This is the website of the Center for Defense Information's Military Reform Project. The project provides a forum for the debate on the reform of the US military, and its aim is to debate the use, strategy, structure and policies of the United States armed forces. The website provides information on the project and full text reports on homeland security, security strategy, joint doctrine and strategy, and defence force transformation. There is also a newsletter called Transformation Trends which provides the latest developments on this topic, a listing of events and other relevant links. Military Role in Space Control : A Primer CRS reports are produced by the US Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress providing nonpartisan research reports to members of the House and Senate. Report RL32602 has been prepared by Adolfo J. Fernandez, National Defense Fellow Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, and was published 23 September 2004. Since the 1991 Gulf War, U.S. military forces have become increasingly reliant on space resources for communications, intelligence imagery, weather, warning, navigation, and timing. The US Department of Defense defines space control as the combat, combat support, and combat service support operations to ensure freedom of action in space for the United States and its allies and, when directed, deny an adversary freedom of action in space. This report reviews DOD military space control efforts and related policy and resources. The text of the report is available in PDF format. Ministry of Defence : Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office report, HC 72 Session 2005-2006, published on 15th June 2005. It looks at the preparedness of the UK Armed Forces to respond to emerging operations and the effectiveness of the system for assessing and reporting readiness. The findings of the report are that the Ministry of Defence has a good system for reporting the readiness levels of its Armed Forces, that reporting to external stakeholders has improved and that further improvements are planned. However, it also found serious potential weaknesses in readiness for future engagements due to the reliance on redistribution of personnel and equipment, also known as cannibalisation. The report goes on to identify the Total Logistic Requirement as a key issue in managing the risks to readiness. Ministry of Defence : Combat Identification : Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General National Audit Office Report, HC661, March 2002. This report looks at the need for the Ministry of Defence to enhance its combat identification capability. This is in order to reduce the risk of allied casualties during military operations and thus increasing combat effectiveness through the reduction of 'friendly fire' incidents. This report looks at the problems facing combat identification, particularly during joint and coalition operations, the initiatives in place to deliver combat identification, and future needs. Ministry of Defence : Delivering Digital Tactical Communications Through the Bowman CIP Programme This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office report, HC 1050, session 2005 - 2006, published on 25th July 2006. The report looks at the UK Ministry of Defence acquisition programme to introduce the Bowman digital radio and the advanced Combat Infrastructure Platform, CIP, which will transform battlefield communications, and command and control. It looks at the pressure to bring Bowman into service; its problematic history; the environment of rapid and continuous change; how Bowman CIP is improving operational effectiveness within the British armed forces; programme management arrangements that can cope with complexity and change; understanding of time and resources to deliver the capability; and the recast programme. Ministry of Defence : Driving the Successful Delivery of Major Defence Projects : Effective Project Control This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office report, HC 30 Session 2005-2006, published on 20th May 2005. It looks at the cultural and systematic drivers involved in defence equipment procurement projects in order to see why sustained improvements in defence acquisition performance are so difficult for the Ministry of Defence and its industry partners to deliver. This report forms the first of a series of reports which will examine how well specific drivers are being managed in the defence environment; the focus of this one is on the effectiveness of project control on defence projects. The chapters cover establishing and sustaining the right cultural environment; creating clear structures and boundaries; measuring progress and making decisions focused on successful project delivery; and reporting to enable strategic decisions. Ministry of Defence : Exercise Saif Sareea II National Audit Office report published in August 2002 on the military exercise in Oman in 2001 which involved the largest deployment of British troops since the Gulf War. The exercise was designed to test the capabilities of the Joint Rapid Reaction Forces and the UK's ability to conduct expeditionary warfare in the desert. The report examines the successes, problems encountered and lessons to be learned from the exercise. Ministry of Defence : Helicopter Logistics : Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General This provides access to a UK National Audit Office (NAO) Report HC 840 2001-2002, 23 May 2002. The report was prepared by a NAO study team under the direction of David Clarke. The report examines the performance of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and in particular the role of the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) in providing logistics support to its helicopters and the initiatives being taken to improve logistics management. The text of the report is available on the NAO's web site in PDF format (533 KB). Ministry of Defence : Major Projects Report 2003 Report by the National Audit Office which examines Ministry of Defence progress in procuring major defence equipment. The report covers a twelve month period to 31 March 2003, and provides cost, time and technical performance data for thirty projects split, according to Smart Acquisition principles, between the twenty largest projects in the demonstration and manufacture phase, and the ten largest in the assessment phase. The major finding is that costs are over approval by �3.0 billion. Difficulties on four projects that predate Smart Acquisition have been the prime cause of cost and time slippage (the Astute Submarine, Nimrod aircraft, Eurofighter Typhoon and Advanced Air-Launched Anti-Armour Weapon). Ministry of Defence : Major Projects Report 2004 This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Report, executive summary and project summary sheets, numbers HC1159-I and II, session 2003-2004, dated 10 November 2004. It has been produced by the National Audit Office and examines Ministry of Defence progress in procuring major defence equipment. The report covers a twelve month period to 31 March 2004, and provides cost, time and technical performance data for thirty projects split, according to Smart Acquisition principles, between the twenty largest projects in the demonstration and manufacture phase, and the ten largest in the assessment phase. The main findings are that costs have increased by 1.7 billion pounds, on average each project has been delayed by three months, and that the principles of Smart Acquisition haven't been consistently applied which could lead to further problems. Ministry of Defence : Major Projects Report 2005 A detailed list of Post-Main Gate and Pre-Main Gate defence acquisition projects of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence 2005.
no title available no description supplied Ministry of Defence : Management of Defence Research and Technology Published on 10th March 2004, this is the House of Commons Paper No. 360 (HCP 360) written by the National Audit Office for the Ministry of Defence. This report examines the MoD's defence research funding strategy and its new investment approach which has been to move from creating technology bases to exploiting and maintaining existing resources and knowledge bases, reorganising funding programmes, and widening its supplier base. Ministry of Defence : Managing the Defence Estate This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office report, HC 25 2005-2006, published on 25th March 2005. It looks at the Ministry of Defence's built and rural and estate which consists of barracks, depots, aircraft hangars, naval bases, training areas and ranges and their management largely by the Defence Estates agency. The chapters cover the challenges in managing the estate and developing strategies to meet the challenges; the complexity of estate rationalisation; and progress towards delivering a better quality estate. Ministry of Defence : Providing Anti-Air Warfare Capability: the Type 45 Destroyer: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, HC 295 session 2008-2009 13 March 2009 The National Audit Office report on the project to replace the UK’s Type 42 destroyer, has suffered significant delays of over two years and costs have escalated to some £6.5 billion. Because of the delay in bring in the replacement Type 45 destroyers the MOD has extended the service life of the older Type 42 destroyers. The new platforms will have greater capability, being able to engage multiple hostile aircraft or missiles simultaneously. They will also provide better crew facilities and be more fuel efficient and will be able to supportthe Lynx, Merlin and Chinook helicopters. Armament will be the new Principal Anti Air Missile System (PAAMS). However the strategy is to fit a number of equipment incrementally on ships after they have come into service, so the full capability of the Type 45 will not be available until the middle of the next decade.
no title available no description supplied Ministry of Defence : Recruitment and Retention in the Armed Forces This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office report, HC 1633, Session 2005 - 2006, published on the 3rd November 2006. It looks at recruitment and retention of armed forces personnel in the UK and the shortfall of trained armed forces personnel against the Ministry of Defence's estimated requirements to maintain current levels of activity. The chapters cover overall manning in the services which covers manning requirements, manning shortfalls and the greater use of Reserve Forces; retention which looks at reasons for service members leaving early, short term measures to alleviate undermanning, and long term initiatives to address retention issues; and recruitment which includes recruitment performance, the recruitment environment, the impact of historic cuts in recruitment, and the need for improved cost analysis information. Ministry of Defence : Service Families Accommodation : Report by the National Audit Office, Comptroller and Auditor General This Report deals with the provision of accommodation by the Ministry of Defence, for the families of approximately 42,000 Armed Forces personnel in the United Kingdom. The requirement for personnel to be able to deploy on operations and relocate as postings require is part of the Defence Living Accommodation Strategy. There are some 20,000 family moves each year in the United Kingdom particularly for the Army and being accompanied by their family is key to morale and unit cohesion. The Ministry of Defence sees accommodation as an important factor in soldier retention. Ministry of Defence : The Joint Services and Staff College : Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General National Audit Office Report, HC537. This report reviews the management of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract for the construction of the Joint Services Command and Staff College which began in 1998. This was an initiative to build a purpose built facility to provide a joint college for command and staff training in order to address the increased demand for joint military operations. Ministry of Defence : The Rapid Procurement of Capability to Support Operations This is a National Audit Office Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, HC1161, session 2003-2004, dated 19th November 2004. It examines the procurement and management of the Ministry of Defence Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR) process, which is used to provide streamlined procurement of capabilities in order to meet additional capability requirements of deployed armed forces on specific operations. The findings of the report are that UOR is essential to enhancing capability, the majority are successful, strengths of the approach, and improvements that can be made to the activity. Ministry of Defence : Training New Pilots This a U.K National Audit Office (NAO) report, HC 880 Session 1999-2000, 14 September 2000. This report focuses on the initial stages of pilot training from elementary training to the transfer of pilots to their individual Services for operational training. The full text of the report is available in PDF format from the NAO's website Ministry of Defence : United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent Capability This gives access to a UK National Audit Office Report dated November 2008. The report takes an initial look at the Ministry of Defence’s (the Department’s) programme for implementing the Government’s decision to maintain the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrent capability beyond the life of the current Trident system. The programme is at an early stage with the Department currently engaged in a two-year concept phase, focused on the new class of submarine, which is due to finish in September 2009. This phase will establish the principal design parameters of the submarines and consider how to deliver other aspects such as manning, training and infrastructure. Other work is focused on assembling the information necessary to inform decisions on whether and how it may be necessary to refurbish or replace the current nuclear warhead that are expected to be necessary in the next Parliament. Our report therefore focuses on the major risks to delivery as they currently stand, and the actions that the Department is taking to manage those risks. [Taken from abstract]. The full text is available in PDF format so Adobe Acrobat software is required in order to read it. Ministry of Defence : Using the Contract to Maximise the Likelihood of Successful Project Outcomes This is the full text pdf version of the National Audit Office Value for Money report, HC 1047, session 2005 - 2006, published on 7th June 2006 and looks at the UK defence acquisition process. The report builds on the conclusions of the first report in the series; Driving the Successful Delivery of Major Defence Projects : Effective Project Control is a Key Factor in Successful Projects, HC 30, Session 2005 - 06, May 2005, which identified the contract as a key component of project control. It examines how the Ministry of Defence and its industry partners can best use the contract to maximise the likelihood of successful project outcomes and covers planning and managing the contract negotiation process, understanding the outcomes the contract aims to deliver, and planning for the successful execution of the contract. Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09 : House of Commons Defence Committee : Fifth report of Session 2009-10 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence UK Government departments are required to publish annual reports at the end of each to measure achievements and performance against objectives and targets,and set out financial information on actual and planned expenditure. This Report reviews the performance of the MoD during the 2008–09 financial year, as detailed in the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2008–09, published on 20 July 2009. Ministry of Defence: Battlefield Helicopters This is the full text of a report published in April 2004 by the National Audit Office as HC 486 session 2003-4. It reviews the procurement of Chinook helicopters by the Ministry of Defence. Critical comments are made by the MOD procurement management. Reference is also made about poor provision of helicopter power in the British defence and armed forces. The report is in pdf and so readers need adobe acrobat to read it.
no title available no description supplied Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2007 - volume 3 The Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) Project The Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary)1(LSD(A))project replaces the existing ‘Sir’ Class vessels to provide a major element of the Armed Forces sealift capability. This report examines the reasons for the substantial cost increases and delays on the project and considers how the Ministry of Defence has retrieved the situation. See also volume 1 - Major Projects Report 2007 HC 98-I, Session 2007-2008 and Volume 2 - Major Projects Report 2007 Project Summary Sheets HC 98-II, Session 2007-2008 Ministry of Defence: Major Projects Report 2007 UK Ministry of Defence The Major Projects Report 2007 covers cost, time and performance data for military equipment projects in the financial year ending 31 March 2007. Projects are included which where the main investment decision was taken by the Ministry of Defence and ten projects still in the Assessment Phase. Volumes 2 and 3 are listed separately. Minsitry of Defence : Reserve Forces This is the full text of the National Audit Office report, HC 964 Session 2005-2006, published on 31st March 2006. The report looks at the changing use of reserve forces and whether the Ministry of Defence has been successful in using reserves and created a culture whereby reserves are expected to be used on operations. It also assesses the capability of reserves and looks at their use in operations in Iraq and how their capability increases when they are trained, mobilised and properly integrated. The report then goes on to look at the future requirement for volunteer forces and their sustainability. Missile Aerodynamics This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-5, 11-14 May 1998, Sorrento, Italy. It contains papers prepared for the Symposium on Missile Aerodynamics organised by the RTO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel. It also contains an evaluation report of the Symposium and a transcript of the General Discussion held at the meeting. The keynote presentations were on missile aerodynamics, and future missile system trends and their impact on aerodynamics. Other subjects covered included prediction methodology, aerodynamic design, jet effects and flows physics and turbulence modelling. The document is contained in the RTO's full text publication library. MITRE Technical Papers This web site provides recent technical and conference papers presented by MITRE staff. There is also an archive of abstracts available back to 1997. MITRE is a non profit making organisation that operates research projects for the DOD, FAA and the IRS. It is also possible to access the MITRE homepage and other publications such as The Edge, MITRE's technology newsletter. Modelling and Analysis of Command and Control Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-038, 12-14 January 1999, Issy Les Moulineaux, France. It contains papers prepared for the Symposium of the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation (SAS) Panel. The focus of the symposium is on research information for the evaluation of C3I (command, control, communications, and information / intelligence) systems. Subjects covered include measures of merit, modelling and simulations, human factors and organizations, and applications. Models for Aircrew Safety Assessment : Uses, Limitations and Requirements This web site provides access to a Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-20, Paris, August 1999. The document contains papers presented at the Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Specialists' Meeting held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA, 26-28 October 1998. The meeting covered modelling of human body responses to environmental stressors, and the systems with which the body reacts for impact, emergency escape, sustained acceleration, motion sickness, high altitude, mechanical shock, vibration, blast, extreme thermal conditions, directed energy, and live fire. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text (36.7 Mbytes) of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Modern Military Force Structures Backgrounder written by Michael Moran and provided by the Council on Foreign Relations. It provides a basic overview of United States military structures and functions and looks at what modern ground, naval, and air units do and what the terminology used to describe units means. Modernising Defence Training : Report of the Defence Training Review Published in 2001, this is the report into the future of individual training and education within the armed forces, and for civilian MOD employees, following the Strategic Defence Review. The report comes in three sections :- The main body of the report, Supporting Studies and Information Sheets. It is downloadable and in PDF format. Modernizing China's Military : Opportunities and Constraints This is the full text pdf version of RAND Monograph MG-260-1-AF, published in 2005. Written by Keith Crane, Roger Cliff, Evan S. Medeiros, James C. Mulvenon and William H. Overholt, sponsored by the United States Air Force and conducted by RAND Project Air Force. The report looks at Chinese armed forces reorganisation and defence policy; it assesses and predicts the future growth and expenditure of the People's Republic of China on military forces and compares likely future expenditure levels with recent expenditures by the United States and the US Air Force. The chapters cover issues such as whether China will become a serious military threat in the Western Pacific; the Chinese economy and economic growth; government revenues and expenditures; military expenditures and budgeting; China's defence industry; PLA threat perceptions and force planning; and forecast future military expenditures. NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) STI provides access to basic and applied research and development conclusions and analyses in the areas of scientific, technical, and related engineering subjects. It provides access to databases including the NASA Technical Reports Server, NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Quarterly Listing and Index of Technical Publications, the NASA Multimedia Gallery and NASA Image eXchange (NIX). There are also full text journals including Spinoff and the Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Bulletin Online. National Counterterrorism Center Chronology of Significant International Terrorism for 2004 This is the full text pdf version of the NCTC report, published on 27th April 2005. It provides a timeline of significant terrorist incidents that occurred throughout 2004; each incident provides the date and place of attack, brief details and whether any terrorist groups claimed responsibility. The report also provides statistics on significant international terrorism in 2004 including total attacks and total associated dead by region; total victims by type of victim and region; methods used such as suicide bomb, armed attack and kidnapping; total terrorist attacks involving a US citizen or US facility by region; methods used in attacks involving US citizens or facilities; the share of attacks involving US interests of the total number of international terrorist attacks; and the share of US victims of the total number of all victims of international terrorist attacks. National Security Challenges for the 21st Century This pdf report is a collection of essays produced by US Army officers on the Advanced Strategic Art Program and edited by Williamson Murray, published by the US Army War College, Security Studies Institute in October 2003. The essays provide an insight into the security challenges faced by the United States at the start of the twenty-first century and the changes to national defence policy and military strategy following September 11, 2001. Topics covered include transformation and military education, joint operations, preemption, NATO enlargement, homeland defence and the objective force. National Security collection : RAND Corporation RAND's three U.S. federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) explore topics from acquisition and technology to personnel and readiness. [Originator's description] Also includes national security and military issues. National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom : security in an interdependent world The first UK National Security Strategy document is intended to address and manage security challenges and underlying drivers, both immediately and in the longer term, to safeguard the nation. The document includes an appreciation of how national security has changed from a traditional focus on foreign, defence and security policies to include threats to individual citizens through terrorism and to the British way of life including such things as transnational crime, pandemics and flooding. NATO Code of Best Practice for Command and Control Assessment This site provides access to a Research Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-081, by the RTO Studies Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS), dated January 2004. The report presents a Code of Best Practice developed by SAS-026, which builds on the command and control (C2) assessment of the Research Study Group, SAS-002 in March 1999 (RTO-TR-009). The Code provides guidance on the assessment of C2 to support decision makers and researchers. It has been updated to include issues related to operations other than war (OOTW) and to address the challenges presented by the information age. NATO Medical Surveillance and Response, Research and Technology Options This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-IST-041. The papers are from the RTO Information Systems Technology (IST) Symposium, Adaptive Defence in Unclassified Networks, held in Toulouse, France on 19-20 April 2004. The papers presented look at network security; securing interaction between unclassified military networks and other systems; intrusion detection; anti-virus deployment; and network vulnerability assessment. The full text of the papers can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. NATO Medical Surveillance and Response, Research and Technology Options This site provides access to the Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-HFM-108. The papers are from the RTO Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Symposium, NATO Medical Surveillance and Response, Research and Technology Options, held in Budapest, Hungary, on 19-21 April 2004. The papers presented look at: deployment health surveillance; screening of mental health problems among combat soldiers; medical surveillance systems; psychological support; and medical situational awareness. The full text of the papers can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. NATO Undersea Research Centre Human Diver and Marine Mammal Risk Mitigation Rules and Procedures This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the NATO Undersea Research Centre, NURC, special publication NURC SP 2006 008, published in September 2006 by the NATO Research Technology Organisation, RTO. It is the result of the Marine Mammal Risk Mitigation Project whose aim is to create risk mitigation protocols, computer tools, and water borne devices in order to prevent the negative impact of sonar, noisy experiments and naval exercises on marine mammals and human divers. The report outlines NURC protocols and procedures that are currently in place and covers: risk to humans and marine mammals in the marine environment from high level sound; environmental scoping studies; the Human Diver and Marine Mammal Incident Action Team; visual watch recording and sighting report forms; and an endangered species list. NATO-PFP/Industry/National Modelling and Simulation Partnerships This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Meeting Proceeding, RTO-MP-094, dated November 2003. It provides the papers from the NATO RTO Modelling and Simulation Conference held in Paris, France, 24-25 October 2002. Topics covered included; NATO cooperative projects for training and exercises, modelling and simulation support of military activities, technological advances towards reusability and interoperability, developing infrastructure and architecture to support operations and acquisitions, and developing cooperation between nations and partnership for peace. Network Enabled Capability This is the UK Ministry of Defence web site on the Network Enabled Capability programme. The Aim of NEC is to enhance the capabilities of the armed forces by improved exploitation of information. The website provides access to the full text of the UK MoD Joint Services Publication JSP777, titled Network Enabled Capability. The NEC Handbook is divided into two main parts; understanding NEC and NEC development. New NATO members : security consumers or producers? Using qualitative and quantitative methods the author investigates the idea that newer NATO members are bearing a greater share of the burden than older members. The author suggests that they are more willing to undertake missions but have limited capabilities. The author suggests the United States concentrate on developing the capabilities of the new members while encouraging its older allies to increase their own contributions to NATO. Non-Lethal Weapons and Future Peace Enforcement Operations This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report of the Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS), RTO-TR-SAS-040, dated November 2004. The document presents the output of the NATO Long Term Scientific Study (LTSS) Mulitnational Exercise (MNE) on the use of non lethal weapons in peacekeeping operations. It covers three main themes; operational context, technologies that can be envisaged, and legal and political implications. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. Individual chapters or the full text of the document can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. North Korea's Missile Tests : Saber Rattling or Rockets Red Glare This is the full text pdf version of a report written by Anthony H. Cordesman, and published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on 5th July 2006. The report was written following the Democratic Republic of Korea's testing of seven missiles on the 4th July 2006 and looks at the military and strategic impact of the tests, the likely reality of the performance of the long range missiles, the threat environment in Asia, and United States ballistic missile defence policy. Nurturing instability : Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps The report discusses the huge Palestinian refugee population which is often forgotten, except in Lebanon where the refugee question is at the heart of politics. The Palestinian presence was a key factor in the 1975-1990 civil war, Israel’s 1982 invasion and Syrian efforts to curb the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). Little has been done to address the marginalised refugee population which is deprived of basic political and economic rights, trapped in the camps and without economic prospects, heavily armed and standing over multiple fault lines. It constitutes a significant risk to stability. Off Target : The Conduct of War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq This site provides access to full text pdf and html versions of this report published by the Human Rights Watch in December 2003. It provides an analysis of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the civilian impact of war. It investigates the conduct of US, UK and Iraqi armed forces and discusses the air war, ground war, and explosive remnants of war (unexploded cluster munitions). Officer Selection Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-55, 9-11 November 1999, Monterey California. It contains papers presented at the Workshop of the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel about officer selection for the armed forces. The papers were presented by international civilian and military personnel managers and researchers covering subjects such as personnel selection and management, officer personnel, recruitment and job analysis. Officer Selection Research and Technology Organization Technical Report, RTO-TR-034, published in 2001. This is the final report on officer selection produced by the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Research and Study Group and follows on from the officer selection meeting proceedings in RTO-MP-55. It provides an overview of international officer selection procedures and presents the results of a survey on armed forces officer selection and personnel guidelines. Offsets in Defense Trade : An Annual Report to Congress Provided by the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, this site provides full text access to the Offsets in Defense Trade annual reports from 2003 to the present. Each report gives the background to offsets including regulations and legislation; a statistical overview; analysis of the impact of offsets on the US defence industrial base; looks at offset agreement and transaction activity; and discusses aerospace and other US government offset issues. Operations in Iraq : First Reflections Published in July 2003 by the Ministry of Defence, this initial report covers the role of the UK Armed Forces during the conflict with Iraq. It refers to Operation Telic, the name given to the UK military operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom. It draws early conclusions about the conflict, although a full report is expected to be published by the end of 2003. The chapters cover policy background to the operation, planning and preparation, the campaign, equipment capability and logistics, people, processes, and after the conflict. Operations in Iraq : Lessons for the Future Published in December 2003 by the Ministry of Defence, this report follows on from Operations in Iraq: First Reflections, published in July 2003. It provides a fuller analysis of the lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom and British combat missions and describes the continuing coalition operation of restructuring Iraq. The chapters cover; planning and force generation, maritime, land and air environments, coaltion working, logistics, the information campaign and post-conflict operations. Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom's Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) Programme This site provides access to the full text pdf version of RAND Monograph MG-240-MOD. The report was produced for the UK Ministry of Defence by RAND Europe and the RAND National Security Research Division, and published in 2005. It provides an independent, objective analysis of the acquisition and ship building programme to replace the UK Royal Navy's three Invincible class aircraft carriers with two future aircraft carriers, due to enter service in 2012 and 2015. The report looks at various aspects of the programme including economics, schedule, technical risks, the implementation of new technologies and manufacturing options. The chapters cover: cost analysis tools including whole life cost models and cost benefit analysis; acquisition cost savings through reducing construction labour and material costs; minimising annual support and maintenance costs; contractor logistics support; estimating the CVF complement; complement reducing initiatives on other platforms; and identifying and evaluating complement reduction options. Palestinian Refugees and the Politics of Peacemaking This site provides access to the full text of Middle East report no.22 which was published by the International Crisis Group in February 2004. It examines the Palestinian refugee problem to the resolution of the Arab Israeli conflict. This includes an overview of the history and current nature of the problem and the impact of Islam and increasing political mobilisation amongst the Palestinians. Recommendations for future action are made. The full text is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. Passenger Rail Security : Overview of Issues This is a full text pdf version of a CRS Report for Congress, RL32625, written by David Randall Peterman and published in July 2005. It looks at the vulnerability of passenger rail systems to terrorist attack in light of the July 2005 bombings on the London underground trains and the US Department of Homeland Security's national strategy for transportation security. The report looks at the vulnerability of passenger rail systems, security measures that have been taken for passenger rail, industry security spending, risk management, and legislation in the 109th Congress. Paths Ahead : Missile Defense in Asia This is a full text pdf report which is the result of a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and was published in March 2006. The study assesses developments in missile defence in Asia. The focus of the report is on Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan and their defence capabilities, ballistic missile defence policy and threats to the nations. It also looks at how these issues could inform the United States approach to missile defence architecture and foreign policy in the region. Patterns of Global Terrorism This report is published annually by the US Department of State. Its purpose is to update Congress on the activities of terrorists worldwide in the previous year. The report is available in full text from 1995 to the current year (2000). It includes overviews of terrorist activities in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The issue of state sponsored terrorism is analysed, and a chronology of sigificant incidents is available. The report is available in HTML format. Peace in Papua : Widening a Window of Opportunity This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Council on Foreign Relations Center for Preventive Action Special Report number 14 written by Blair A. King and published in April 2006. The report discusses the forty year conflict in Papua over integration into Indonesia and suggests policy recommendations for the Indonesian government that could capitalise on the Aceh peace agreement in order to resolve the conflict. People safe from guns in south Sudan: a training manual for local stakeholders This training manual discusses issues relating to Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). It includes an explanation of the history and nature of Sudanese combat. The paper argues that small arms have a huge impact on the development of a country or community. It provides information on SALW control and collection, as well as efforts made by the international community and government to resolve the SALW problem. Potential Military Chemical / Biological Agents and Compounds This is a United States joint forces publication (Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force), dated January 2005. It provides a technical reference for chemical / biological (CB) agents and related compounds. It explains the use, classification and physical, chemical, and physiological properties of these agents and compounds. The document has been compiled specifically for use by nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) / chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) staff officers, NBC noncommissioned officers (NCOs), staff weather officers (SWOs), NBC medical defence officers, medical readiness officers, medical intelligence officers, field medical treatment officers, and others involved in planning battlefield operations in an NBC environment. The technical information furnished provides data that can be used to support operational assessments based on intelligence preparation of the battlespace. PrePRINT Network : Department of Energy This service is a searchable gateway to preprint servers provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). It is possible to search one site, a group of sites, or all the sites, or to browse an alphabetical listing of all preprint sites included on the service. An additional feature notifies individuals of new preprints that match a personally defined profile of subject interests. Subject areas covered include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, engineering, and materials science. Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Council on Foreign Relations Special Report number 11 written by Charles D. Ferguson and published in March 2006. The report discusses the threat of nuclear terrorist attacks and what counterterrorism measures need to be undertaken by the United States and the international community in order to prevent the buying, theft or manufacture of nuclear weapons or nuclear materials. Prevention of Terrorism Bill : Preliminary Report : Ninth Report of Session 2004-05 : Report and Formal Minutes This site provides access to the full text report written by the House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights, HL Paper 61 HC 389, published on 25th February 2005. It is a preliminary consideration of the human rights issues arising from the Prevention of Terrorism Bill and the Home Secretary's Statement to the House on 22nd February 2005; a more detailed analysis will follow. The chapters look at positive aspects from a human rights perspective and also address concerns over human rights compatibility such as: the necessity for 'derogating control orders', which will restrict an individual's liberty; the lack of prior judicial involvement in giving out such orders; the use of a special advocate procedure in deprivation of liberty cases; and the limited judicial control of non-derogating control orders. Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications In response to the possibility of terrorist attack, a Committee of the United States National Research Council examined design and construction methodologies developed for military buildings to assess whether they could be applied to civilian buildings. Details of the purchase price are displayed, and the report is searchable on-line. Protecting Europe against large-scale cyber-attacks : House of Lords European Union Committee report with evidence Many activities are increasingly performed online and so depends on the internet. Though many of theses such as shopping can be achived without the internet the long term effect of loss of access for official communication for government, energy or defence would be catastrophic. The report considers what happened to Estonia. Loss of internet access can be the result of malicious attacks or natural disasters but nations should take precautions to guard against them, both by themselves and through the private sector. The European Union takes a major interest in the organisation of such precautions in the Member States. In April 2009 the Commission sent a Communication to the Council giving its views as to how the Member States might through the EU strengthen the security and resilience of their critical information infrastructures (CIIs) and develop their defences against cyber-attacks. This inquiry considers what the EU can do in helping the United Kingdom and other Member States to prevent and detect cyberattacks, to respond to them, mitigate their effects and recover from them; and in particular at the strategy set out in the Communication, and the programme of work it envisages. Providing Security For People: Security Sector Reform in Africa This is a full text pdf document written by staff of the Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform (GFN-SSR). It is GFN Paper No. 23. Pseudo Operations and Counterinsurgncy : Lessons from Other Countries This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in June 2005 and written by Lawrence E. Cline. It examines pseudo operations; the use of government forces disguised as guerrillas to infiltrate insurgent areas. The report looks at lessons that can be learned from the use of this technique by countries other than the United States; the Huk insurrection in the Philippines from 1946 to 1955; the British campaign against the Malayan Races Liberation Army; the 1952 to 1960 British counterinsurgency campaign against the Mau Mau in Kenya; the French military in Indochina and Algeria; the Rhodesian insurgency; and issues raised by the use of pseudo guerillas. Psychology of Terrorism This report was written by Professor Randy Bourn, Associate Professor of the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, University of South Florida, and was published in 2004. The report reviews professional and scientific literature on the psychology of terrorism in order to better understand the motivations and reasons for terrorist behaviour. The chapters look at: the psychological approaches to understanding terrorism including, instinct, drive, social learning, and cognitive theories and biological factors; first generation psychological research on terrorism such as psychoanalytic theory and narcissism; and contemporary psychological research on terrorism. Quadrennial Defense Review Report 2006 This is the full text pdf of the United States Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review, QDR, published on 6th February 2006. This defence policy document reviews the capabilities and operations of the United States armed forces and makes recommendations for the future. The chapters cover the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, humanitarian and preventive measures and the Department's domestic role; operationalising the strategy; reorienting capabilities and forces; reshaping the defence enterprise; developing a twenty first century total force; and achieving unity of effort. Recent Large Service Acquisitions in the Department of Defense : Lessons for the Office of the Secretary of Defense This site provides access to the full text RAND report, MG-107-OSD written by Frank Camm, Irv Blickstein, and Jose Venzor and published in 2004. The report presents a study of six pilot case studies which looked at policy issues of importance to the US Office of the Secretary of Defense relating to large service procurement programmes. The six case studies are; Army Balkans Support Contract Programme, Marine Corps Food Service Programme, National Security Groundbreaker Programme, F/A-18-E/F Integrated Readiness Support Team Programme, Army Rapid Response to Critical Systems Requirement Programme, and Air Force Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool Programme. Reforging the Sword : Forces for a 21st Century Security Strategy Report written by Col. Daniel Smith (Ret.), Marcus Corbin and Christopher Hellman, which forms part of the Center for Defense Information's Military Reform Project and was published in September 2001. The aim of the report is to propose an alternative United States armed forces structure which is capable of meeting the international security challenges of the twenty-first century. It looks at the future of warfare and new security challenges, military strategies to meet these challnges including force transformation, force structures and mobility, joint command and planning. Report of the 7 July Review Committee This site provides access to the findings of the London Assembly 7 July Review Committee's investigation into the July 2005 London bombings, published in June 2006. It looks at the lessons that can be learned from the emergency response to the terrorist attacks. The report praises the acts of bravery of individuals involved in the emergency response but highlights that the systems and equipment that were meant to support rescuers were inadequate. It looks in particular at communications systems which were overwhelmed and makes fifty four recommendations to improve the way that such major incidents are managed. The main Report is available in pdf and rtf formats as are Volume 2 Views and Information from Organisations and Volume 3 Views and Information from Individuals. Report of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies Also known as the Flood Report, this site provides access to full text html and pdf versions of the report published in July 2004. It has been written by Mr Philip Flood who was appointed by the Prime Minister to examine intelligence organisations and their assessments in response to a recommendation from the Parliamentary Joint Committee into ASIO, ASIS and DSD (PJCAAD) inquiry into intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in March 2004. The report looks at Australia's intelligence needs; the intelligence community and how it operates; intelligence assessments and the quality of information used to make the case for going to war in Iraq in March 2003; intelligence on the threat posed by Jemaah Islamiah, the group blamed for the Bali terrorist attacks in 2002; and makes recommendations for reforming Australia's intelligence agencies. Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War and Other Protected Persons by the Geneva Conventions in Iraq During Arrest, Internment and Interrogation This site provides access to the full text of the ICRC interim report on the treatment of Iraqi prisoners, published in February 2004. It investigates allegations of violations of international humanitarian law against prisoners of war and civilian detainees protected by the Geneva Conventions. It looks at the treatment of prisoners during arrest, transfer and initial custody and during interrogation, treatment in regular internment facilities, the use of force and confiscation of belongings of detainees. Report on the Operation in 2002 and 2003 of the Terrorism Act 2000 This web site provides access to the full text of the report on the operation of the act which relates to the control of paramilitary terrorist activity in Northern Ireland during 2002 and 2003. It provides a summary of the provisions of the act and statistics on the number of persons detained under it. Also considered are the effectiveness of the use of the act by police, military and security forces in Northern Ireland, its relationship to the Northern Ireland peace process and decommissioning of arms. Recommendations for future action are made. Users should note that the paper is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq This site provides access to a full text pdf document produced by the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published on the 7th July 2004. The report looks at American intelligence before the 2003 Iraq War on Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, Iraqi links to terrorist groups, the threat Saddam Hussein posed to the region's security and his regime. It looks at the collection of intelligence on Iraq, whether the Intelligence Community's judgements were accurate and distributed to policymakers properly. Reports From the Future of Iraq Project This site provides access to full text reports from the United States State Department Future of Iraq Project, which was formed in October 2001 to look into planning for post War Iraq. These reports have been released under the Freedom of Information Act by the Department of State. The reports cover transitional justice; democratic principles and procedures; water agriculture and environment; public health and humanitarian needs; defence policy and institutions; local government; economy and infrastructure; civil society capacity building; transparency and anti corruption measures; education; free media; and oil and energy. The site also contains background information to the reports and information on the lack of planning by the United States government on post war Iraq and its reconstruction. Rethinking Asymmetric Threats This report was published by the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War college in September 2003 and was written by Stephen J. Blank. The pdf report challenges the assumption made by US policy makers and defence writers that the terms 'asymmetric' and 'asymmetry' refer to not just the nature of war, but the nature of threats as well. It provides a critique of the use of the term when related to threats and presents an alternative for thinking about threats faced by the US from states and nonstate actors. Review of Counter-Terrorism Powers : Eighteenth Report of Session 2003-04 : Report Together With Formal Minutes, Appendices and Minutes of Evidence This site provides access to the full text of the House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights report, HL Paper 158 HC 713, published on 4th August 2004. It examines the human rights issues arising from the Home Office discussion paper, Counter-Terrorism Powers: Reconciling Security and Liberty in an Open Society, CM 6147, February 2004, which set out the government response to the recommendations made by the Privy Counsellor Review Committee's Report on the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (also known as the Newton Report). This report agrees with the conclusions of the Newton Report; that the indefinite detention of persons suspected of terrorism under Part Four ATCSA 2001 should be replaced with new legislation that deals with all aspects of terrorism regardless of the perpetrator's nationality and that it shouldn't derogate from the European Union Convention on Human Rights. The chapters look at the human rights framework; government evidence of the level of threat from international terrorism; the working of Part 4 ATCSA 2001 in practice; and alternatives to Part 4 ATCSA 2001. Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction This site provides access to the full text pdf version of HC898 published on 14th July 2004, written by a Committee of Privy Counsellors headed by Lord Butler which investigated British intelligence on Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) prior to the 2003 Iraq War. The report sets out the findings of an inquiry set up in February 2004 by Jack Straw whose remit was to assess intelligence coverage on weapons of mass destruction in countries of concern like Iraq, North Korea and Iran and the world trade in WMD; investigate whether intelligence on Iraqs WMD was accurate up until March 2003 when the war began and investigate discrepancies between the intelligence used by the government prior to the war and evidence found by the Iraq Survey Group following the war; and to make recommendations for future intelligence assessments on countries. Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles: Fourth Report This is the HTML version of a Report by the National Research Council's Standing Commitee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). The Program involves the US Government and the United States Council for Automative Research(USCAR)and aims to develop technologies for a new generation of vehicles which could provide fuel economies up to three times (up to 80 mpg) those of similar 1994 family vehicles. Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air, Space, and Supporting Information Systems Science and Technology Program Written by the Committee on Review of the U.S. Department of Defense, Air and Space Systems Science and Technology Program, Department of Military Science and Technology, National Research Council. This report was produced in response to the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act, 1999, which requested that a study was conducted on the technology base of the Department of Defense. The report looks at investment in science and technology covering air and space systems, information systems, and the science and technology workforce. The appendices also contain the Strom Thurmond Act. This site is provided by National Academic Press and gives the full text of the document. Royal Navy Community Web Site : Reference Library This site provides access to Royal Navy documents and publications including: personnel publications; Royal Navy Leadership in the Office booklet; Navy List; Broadsheet; videos; and future navy publications such as the Naval Strategic Plan, Littoral Manoeuvre Concept, Future Navy Paper, and Future Maritime Operational Concept. There is also access to full text Personnel Support Briefs which reflect the latest updates on concerns and issues that will impact on Naval Service personnel and their families and cover subjects such as pay, promotion, careers, service law, operational and uniform clothing, courts martial and honours. The site links to the main Royal Navy Community Web Site. Russia and arms control : are there opportunities for the Obama Administration? by Stephen J. Blank Strategic Studies Institute : United States Army War College A study on current Russian US relations particularly focused on arms control in the period of the end of the Bush presidency and the start of the Obama administration. Positions on both sides have hardened since the Russian invasion of Georgia. Safer Training : Managing Risks to the Welfare of Recruits in the British Armed Services This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the report written by the Adult Learning Inpsectorate, published on 21st March 2005. This is the final report of the ALI's survey into how the UK Armed Forces train personnel, which inspected the training establishments of the three services and investigated whether changes to welfare that arose from the deaths of recruits at Deepcut barracks have been adequate. The review concluded that there are inconsitencies between the services and even within establishments, and that the care of young people undergoing training is not sufficiently well managed. The findings chapters include sections on; leadership and management, selection and training of instructors, recruitment services, accommodation, support and welfare, physical training, firearms, bullying and harassment, suicide and self harm. Search and Target Acquisition Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-045, 21-23 June 1999, Utrecht, the Netherlands. It contains unclassified papers, the keynote address and the technical evaluation report presented at the Workshop on Search and Target Acquisition, sponsored by the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration Panel (SCI). The subjects of the papers include target acquisition mechanisms, simulation, and performance evaluation. Securing an Open Society : Canada's National Security Policy This site provides access to a pdf version of the report, Securing an Open Society issued by the Canadian Privy Council Office in April 2004. It is the first comprehensive statement made by Canada on National Security Policy and looks at Canadian national security interests and proposes a framework for dealing with national security threats. The chapters cover Canada's approach to national security, building an integrated security system, intelligence, emergency planning and management, public health emergencies, transportation security, border security, and international security. Securing Health : Lessons from Nation Building Missions RAND research report from the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security, a programme within RAND Health, published in 2006. It presents the results of research into the activities non governmental organisations, countries and international institutions undertake to rebuild public health and health care infrastructure following major conflicts as part of post war reconstruction operations. It looks at factors for successful reconstruction and lessons for future nation building operations. The case studies used are two following the end of World War Two, Germany and Japan; Somalia, Haiti and Kosovo in the 1990s; and Afghanistan and Iraq after September 2001. Security and stability in Africa : a development approach The security and stability of Africa has recently become an important national issue evident in the increased time and resources given to the continent by such organisations as the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). The author discusses issues of economic development and political governance which contribute to enduring stability and security. Security sector reform : a case study approach to transition and capacity building The author discusses the definition of security sector refor and case studies of Haiti, Liberia, and Kosovo to assess the impact of SSR programs on host nation security sectors. Security, Terrorism and the UK This is the full text pdf version of the Chatham House and the Economic and Social Research Foundation ISP/NSC Briefing Paper 05/01 published on 18th July 2005 by the Royal Institute of International Affairs. This is a series of briefing papers produced under the New Security Challenges (NSC) programme. The paper is divided into four parts. The first, Riding Pillion for Tackling Terrorism is a High Risk Policy, written by Frank Gregory and Paul Wilkinson looks at Britain's performance in the War on Terrorism and counter terrorism policy and whether supporting the US-led invasion of Iraq put the UK more at risk from terrorist attack. The second part, Terrorism and Community Resilience - A UK Perspective, written by Bill Durodie, looks at the importance of literature examining human behaviour in disasters to policy makers and emergency planners. The third part written by Adrian Guelke, Whither the Peace Process in Northern Ireland?, looks at the NI peace process. The final and fourth part written by Sarah Oates and titled, Selling Fear? The Framing of Terrorist Threat in Elections, looks at terrorism and security concerns in recent elections. Sensors and Sensor Denial by Camouflage, Concealment and Deception This site provides access to selected papers from the Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-SCI-145. The papers are from the RTO Systems Concepts and Integration (SCI) Symposium, Sensors and Sensor Denial by Camouflage, Concealment and Deception, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 19-20 April 2004. Topics covered by the papers include: automated thermal camouflage pattern generation; low-profile radar retro-reflectors; bistatic radar cross-sections of low-signature targets; infrared signatures; and camouflaging vehicles. Some of the full text pdf papers are password protected, but others are publicly available. The document is contained in the RTO's Publication Library. Serb Integration in Kosovo : Taking the Plunge A report from the International Crisis Group which discusses the challenges of integration of the Serb minority into Kosovo following independence. The Kosovo government and international bodies are pursuing decentralisation as the best way to involve Serbs in the institutions of the new state. The report argues that sensitivity is necessary towards Serb concerns such as avoiding references to Kosovo’s status. Shaping the Future of the Canadian Forces : A Strategy for 2020 First published in 1999, this document provides the strategic framework for the Canadian Forces' defence policy. It details Canadian defence objectives and targets for the future. The chapters cover the defence mission, stakeholder analysis, emerging strategic environment, strategy, and implementation of the strategy. It is also available in French. The site also contains links to the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) web pages, which contain further strategic papers and military reports and information about the CDS. Simulation of and for Military Decision Making This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Educational Note, RTO-EN-017, by the RTO Studies Analysis and Simulation Panel (SAS) and the Consultant and Exchange Programme of RTO, dated June 2003. It forms part of the RTO Lecture Series and was presented on 15-16 October 2001 in Rome, Italy, 18-19 October 2001 in Stockholm, Sweden, on 23-25 October 2001 in Virginia, USA and on 10-11 December 2002 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The aim of the lectures were to provide an overview of the use of modelling and simulation for military decision making in the areas of training and exercises, operations support, analysis and acquisition, as well as reviewing the latest technologies. Themes covered are compter assisted exercises, computer generated forces, and human behaviour representation. Small Arms, Terrorism and the OAS Firearms Convention This site provides access to the full text of the Federation of American Scientists Occasional Paper No 1 written by Matthew Schroeder and published in March 2004. The report examines the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacture of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Related Items, also known as the OAS Treaty, and how US ratification will help counter the illicit trade in small arms. The chapters in the report cover: small arms and Latin America and threats to U.S. interests; the OAS Convention; OAS Firearms Convention and illicit arms transfers to Columbian illegal groups; the United States and the OAS Firearms Convention; and US compliance with the OAS Convention. SMi Publishing : Defence Reports SMi publishes market research reports, management reports and newsletters for the global and European defence industry. Full listings of all publications are given and they can be purchased on-line. Reports are market specific or country specific and include subjects such as unmanned aerial vehicles, European military aircraft programmes, and Central and Eastern European defence markets. Sovereignty, Intervention and International Law Defence research paper written by Sqn Ldr C.M. Scott for the Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. This paper looks at the role of international law in facilitating humanitarian intervention, and the threat to sovereignty if intervention is uninvited by the countries involved. Strategic Defence and Security Review This note provides an outline of proposals highlighted by the new UK Government for the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and includes a list of suggested reading material for relevant commentary. Strategic Defence Review : A New Chapter Presented to Parliament by Geoff Hoon, the Secretary of State for Defence, on the 18th July 2002. The White Paper, CM 5566, has been influenced by the September 11th attacks and the war on terror, and sets out how the armed forces will be revamped to cope with global terrorist threats. It recognises the need to enhance the UK's ability to rapidly deploy forces around the world, and to equip them to be able to work effectively alongside US forces. The site provides the full text in pdf format and links to volume II, The Strategic Defence Review : A New Chapter : Supporting Information and Analysis. Strategic Defence Review The Strategic Defence Review (SDR), Cm 3999, of July 1998 reassessed Britain's security interests and defence needs in order to meet new strategic demands. It considered how the roles, missions and capabilities of the British Armed Forces should be adjusted and set out a programme of change aimed at modernising British forces. This site provides a full text copy of the Strategic Defence Review White Paper. The site also provides links to the rest of the Ministry of Defence website, which includes information about the British armed forces and government. Strategic Implications of Intercommunal Warfare in Iraq This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in February 2005 and written by Dr W. Andrew Terrill. It looks at ethical and religious or sectarian differences in the post Saddam era in Iraq and the implications that a conflict or civil war could have on the regional stability of Iraq and the Middle East. The report looks at the challenge of avoiding ethno religious conflict; how an ethnic sectarian war could begin and develop in Iraq; the Shiite Sunni Arab divide in Iraq; Iraqi Kurdish and Turkoman ethnic challenges; dangers and opportunities to Iran that could result from an Iraqi civil war; implications for Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Gulf States; and the impact on the international oil market. Stretching the Network : Using Transformed Forces in Demanding Contingencies Other Than War This is the full text pdf version of RAND Occassional Paper OP-109-RC, published in April 2004. Written by David C. Gompert, Hans Pung, Kevin A. O'Brien, Jeffrey Peterson, and overseen by the RAND National Security Research division, it researches the capabilities and contribution networked armed forces could have to small scale operations other than war such as peacekeeping. The paper looks at networking capabilities and the nature of operations short of war; presents scenarios such as African genocide, unrest in the Gulf, Indonesian uprising, and counterterrorist action in Yemen; looks at which networking capabilities are most important and types of contingencies for which networking is most important, and interoperability between armed forces and civilian organisations. Struggling to Survive : Children in Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Report from the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, published in April 2006. The chapters in the report look at the context including the political background, transitional government, parties to conflict, armed groups, ongoing crisis, the humanitarian crisis and the role of MONUC; refugees and IDPs displacement and returns; health; HIV and AIDS; education; gender based violence; trafficking and exploitation of children; landmines and unexploded ordnance; small arms and the arming of child soldiers and other civilians; children associated with armed forces and groups; UN Security Council actions and urgent recommendations. The report is in pdf format. Sudan: Conflict in Darfur This web site provides access to the full text of House of Commons Research Paper 04/51 which was published in June 2004. It examines the conflict in Sudan. Included is a background history to the conflict and civil war in Sudan and the response of the international community to the humanitarian crisis analysed. Appendices contain maps of the region. Users should note that the paper is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. Support to High Intensity Operations : REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL | HC 508 Session 2008-2009 | 14 May 2009 This report looks at the Ministry of Defence support for high intensity operations and focuses on four key areas: equipment, logistics, pre-deployment training and support to personnel. Surrey Police Deepcut Investigation Final Report This is the full text pdf version of the fifth report by the Surrey Police on the noncombatant deaths of soldiers at Deepcut Army Barracks and investigations into the suspicious deaths of four soldiers. The report looks at improvements that can be made to future investigations in similar circumstances, training and vulnerability of young recruits, the duty of the police, and the need for a braoder enquiry. It outlines the chronology of events from 1988 to 2001 and from 2001 to 2003 and reports produced during this period. Survey of Mine Clearance Technology This report was written by J.A. Craib and published by the United Nations University in September 1994. The report outlines mine detection and clearance equipment and the potential of new technologies to improve demining and unexploded explosive ordnance disposal equipment. The report provides a brief analysis of mine types including anti tank mines, anti personnel mines, submunitions and munitions. It then goes on to provide an overview of current mine detection technologies and the most promising technologies including infra red or thermal imaging, visible spectrum photography, ground penetrating radar and biosensors. It then looks at current hand and mechanical mine clearance technolgies such as ploughs, rollers and sifting, and possible technological advances including vibrating rollers and high power microwaves. There is also a brief section on the possible application of robotics or remotely piloted vehicles. Tactical Display for Soldiers: Human Factors Considerations This report examines the human issues which have arisen during the development, testing and implementation of helmet-mounted display technology in the 21st Century Land Warrior System. A summary and a table of contents are available together with purchase details. Tactical Mobile Communications Research and Technology Organization Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-026, 14-16 June 1999, Lillehammer, Norway. It contains unclassified papers presented at the Information Systems Technology Panel Symposium, and the Technical Evaluation Report. The subjects of the papers are personal communications and COTS, protocols and networks, propagation, speech recognition, signal processing and high frequencies. The document is contained in the RTO's full text publication library, Terrorism : Key Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and Recent Major Commissions and Inquiries This is a full text pdf version of a CRS Report for Congress written by Richard F. Grimmett and published in August 2004. It looks at the recommendations in the 9/11 Commission Report, the Gilmore Commission, the Bremer Commission, the Joint Inquiry of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, and the Hart-Rudman Commission. The report is divided into four themes: focus of US international anti-terrorism policy; institutional steps to protect against and prepare for terrorist attacks; intelligence issues; and Congress and oversight issues. Terrorism and National Security : Issues and Trends This is a a full text pdf version of a CRS Issue Brief for Congress, IB10119, written by Raphael Perl and updated in December 2004. The paper examines international terrorist actions and threats and the U.S. policy response. It looks at the recent developments; the War on Terrorism; US policy response and policy tools to combat international terrorism; and the US interagency coordination framework and programme response. This report has been superceded by CRS Report RL33600 'International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response' dated August 2006. Terrorists and Suicide Attacks This site provides access to a CRS Research report by Audrey Kurth Cronin which was published in August 2003.The report examines the nature and motivation of suicide bombers and suicide attacks by terrorist groups and their potential threat to US security. Topics covered in the report include: the relationship between women and suicide attacks and suicide attacks in Iraq. Recommendations for future policy action are made. Users should note that the paper is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. Test Methodologies for Personal Protective Equipment Against Anti-Personnel Mine Blast This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report by the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel Task Group, RTO-TR-HFM-089, dated March 2004. The report presents the results of the task group's project to create a database that defines methods for testing personal protective equipment against anti-personnel blast and fragmentation mines. The report looks at test methodologies, the physics of mine explosions and injuries they cause, mine test methodologies, injury models for tests that involve the lower extremities and models for the upper body, and recommends guidelines for mine tests. The 9/11 Commission Report : Strengths and Weaknesses This is the full text pdf version of the report written by Anthony H. Cordesman and published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in August 2004. It looks at the recommendations outlined in the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also know as the 9-11 Commission) which was set up to investigate the events surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and warns that it has more weaknesses than strengths. The Air Force Pilot Shortage : A Crisis for Operational Units? This is the full text of a report (number MR-1204-AF) from the RAND think tank. It is available in PDF format and was published in 2000 and is written by William W. Taylor, S. Craig Moore and C. Robert Roll. The report discusses the shortage of experienced pilots that the US Air Force is facing, concentrating on operational fighter units. It quantifies the problems and examines options that can alleviate them. The Army Officers' professional ethic - past, present, and future The author investigates why, unlike many other professions, the US Army does not have a statement of professional responsibility. He discusses the history of military ethics in the officer corps arguing at the present time of operational stretch a clear statement of professional ethics could be regarded as necessary. The author discusses distinct roles: soldier, servant of the country, leader, and member of a respected profession. The Battle for Fallujah : The Underlying Military Issues This is the full text pdf version of a paper written by Anthony Cordesman on 8th November 2004. It looks at urban warfare in Fallujah, Iraq and considers issues such as: US preparation of the battlefield, insurgent numbers and objectives, collateral damage and the battle outside Fallujah. The British Helsinki Human Rights Group (BHHRG) This is the web site of an NGO which monitors human rights in OSCE (organisation for security and co-operation in Europe) member countries. They monitor elections in former communist countries and have a special focus on the situation in and around the Balkans. BHHRG is an independent charity organisation, based in the UK and founded in 1992 which maintains a non-political stance. The site holds information country by country and on refugees. Reports are written by academics, lawyers and doctors. Most recent reports are available to download on-line, older ones can be purchased from the BHHRG. The Capability of Virtual Reality to Meet Military Requirements This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-054. This contains papers from the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Workshop held in Orlando, Florida, USA, 5-9 December 1997. The purpose of the workshop was to examine military requirements for Virtual Reality technology, consider human factors issues in the use of Virtual Reality and review recent research in development of Virtual Reality applications to meet military needs. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (14.6 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library The Commission on the Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction This site provides access to the full text of the Commission's report, published on 31st March 2005. The Commission was established in February 2004 to assess the United States intelligence community and whether it is sufficiently organised and equipped to identify and warn the government of weapons of mass destruction proliferation in foreign countries. The report looks in particular at the intelligence failures on Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction and asserts that the intelligence community needs to be transformed in order to meet the demands and threats of the current environment. The chapters look at intelligence assessments, successes and failures on Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and monitoring nuclear weapons development in North Korea and Iran. It also looks at leadership and management in the intelligence community; intelligence collection, analysis and information sharing; homeland security; counter intelligence; and covert action. The comprehensive approach : the point of war is not just to win but to make a better peace. Government response to the Committee's seventh report of session 2009-10 : first special report of session 2010-11 The Defence Committee published its Seventh Report of Session 2009--10 on The Comprehensive Approach: the point of war is not just to win but to make a better peace on 18 March 2010, as House of Commons Paper HC 224. The Comprehensive approach the point of war is not just to win but to make a better peace. House of Commons Defence Committee : Seventh Report of Session 2009-10 : report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence UK Armed Forces are increasingly sent to deal with complex and volatile situations where the separation between the war fighting phase and the peace support phase is unclear. The requirement for post-conflict reconstruction and stabilisation has become crucial particularly in theatres such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Therefore there is overlap between government departments such as the Department for International Development (DFID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD. In more recent years, the UK has worked in coalition with allies and international organisations which have a common understanding of methods and outcomes which has ed to the development of the Comprehensive Approach by the MoD and its adoption by the UK Government. However the definition of the comprehensive approach varies between countries, the UK bases the definition on that used by the MoD in its Joint Discussion Note and subsequently implemented in UK policy - “with commonly understood principles and collaborative processes that enhance the likelihood of favourable and enduring outcomes within a particular situation”. The Effects of Equipment Age On Mission Critical Failure Rates : A Study of M1 Tanks This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the RAND report, MR-1789-A, published in 2004 and written by Eric Peltz, Lisa Colabella, Brian Williams, and Patricia M. Boren. The report looks at the impact of recapitalisation - rebuilding and upgrading fielded systems in order to extend their service lives. Its focus is on the M1 Abrams tank and the link between tank age and mission critical failure. The Fallujah Objectives : What Meaningful 'Victory' Really Means This is the full text pdf version of a paper written by Anthony Cordesman on 7th November 2004. It looks at the political objectives of the military battle in Fallujah, Iraq, for the interim Iraqi government and the nature of the insurgency to be fought by the US-led coalition. The Government's Response to the House of Commons Defence Committee's Second Report of Session 2004-05 on the Armed Forces Bill This is the full text pdf version of Cm 6619, published on 12th July 2005. It sets out the government response to HC 64, House of Commons Defence Committee: Tri Service Armed Forces Bill: Second Report of Session 2004-05, published on 14th March 2005, which examined the Government's proposal to replace the three separate Service Discipline Acts with a single Tri Service Act in the 2005-06 parliamentary session. The report takes each of the conclusions and recommendations made in the original Defence Committee report and provides the government response to each one. The Government's Response to The House of Commons Defence Committee's Third Report of Session 2004-05, on Duty of Care This is the full text pdf version of Cm 6620, published on 12th July 2005. It sets out the government response to HC 63, House of Commons Defence Committee: Duty of Care: Third Report of Session 2004-05 published on 14th March 2005, which was an inquiry into initial training in the armed forces, prompted by the deaths of young soldiers at Deepcut Barracks. The report takes each of the conclusions and recommendations made in the original Defence Committee report and provides the Ministry of Defence response to each one including accepting its moral responsibilites and acknowledging the need for new guidelines on recruits under the age of eighteen and introducing an independent element to the complaints system. The Iraq Inquiry The official website for the UK Iraq Inquiry containing background information on the committee members, relevant documents and protocols and a daily live webcast of proceedings. The Inquiry will work to identify lessons that can be learned from the Iraq conflict 2003-2009. The Iraq Inquiry launched formally on 30 July 2009. The chairman is Sir John Chilcot. The Inquiry's Terms of Reference include an investigation of the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, including circumstances immediately prior to the conflict in Iraq, the military action and the the aftermath looking at decision making and identification of any lessons learned. The other Inquiry committee members are Sir Lawrence Freedman, Sir Martin Gilbert, Sir Roderic Lyne and Baroness Usha Prashar. The Inquiry will take evidence for several months, in public where possible. A report of the Inquiry's findings will be published to include all but the most sensitive information related to UK national security. The report will be debated in the UK Parliament following publication. The Lessons of Mumbai This study of the terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008 discusses the operational and tactical capabilities displayed by the terrorists and assesses the effectiveness of the Indian security forces. The report also considers the implications for India, Pakistan, and the international community and lessons learned. The Middle East Peace Talks This is a full text pdf version of a CRS Brief for Congress, IB91137, written by Carol Migdalovitz and updated in February 2005. The document gives an analysis of the background and recent events relating to the Middle East Peace Talks. It looks at the role of the United States; bilateral talks between Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan; significant agreements including the Declaration of Principles, the Israel-PLO mutual recognition, the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area and the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty. The Military Power of the People's Republic of China : A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2000 This is the full text pdf version of the report written by the United States Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense, published in July 2005. It analyses the current and future military strategy and defence policy of the People's Republic of China, the technological capability developments of the People's Liberation Army, military modernisation and transformation, and the implications on regional security and stability. The chapters cover; China's strategy and relations with the US, military strategy and doctrine, resources for force modernisation including budget and defence industry trends, force modernisation goals and trends, and security and strategy in the Taiwan Strait. The Nimrod Review: an independent review into the broader issues surrounding the loss of the RAF Nimrod MR2 aircraft XV230 in Afghanistan in 2006 report RAF Nimrod XV230 was on a routine flight in southern Afghanistan on 2 September 2006, when it suffered a massive mid-air fire, leading to the total loss of the aircraft and the deaths of the 14 people on board. An RAF Board of Inquiry in 2007 concluded that the loss was caused by a fuel escape and its ignition by contact with an exposed element of the Cross-Feed/Supplementary Cooling Pack (SCP) duct. This Review was set up to examine the processes for ensuring airworthiness and safe operation of the Nimrod MR2, the responsibilities for any failure and what lessons can be learned. The Review concludes the most likely source of fuel was an overflow during air-to-air refuelling and confirms the finding of the RAF review regarding the source of ignition. The review goes on to describe design flaws in the XV230 aircraft and the failure to act on previously potentially relevant incidents. The Review criticises BAE Systems, the MoD Nimrod Integrated Project Team, QinetiQ and names individual personnel from those organisations involved in the safety case. Organisational causes are also identified. Recommendations are made for a new approach in principles (leadership, independence, people, simplicity); the airworthiness regime; safety cases; aged aircraft; personnel strategy; industry strategy; procurement; safety culture. The Report of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry The Report is the outcome of the Inquiry to examine the circumstances that led to loss of life in connection with the civil rights march in Londonderry on 30th January 1972. Thirteen civilians were killed by Army gunfire on the day. The day has become generally known as Bloody Sunday, which is why at the outset this Inquiry was called the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. In 1972 Lord Widgery, then the Lord Chief Justice of England, held an inquiry into these same events. The Road to Abu Ghraib This is a full text pdf report produced by the Human Rights Watch. It investigates the Bush administration's policy on the interrogation of prisoners of war and allegations that the torture and abuse of prisoners by US troops was ignored. It looks at whether the United States has tried to circumvent international law and broken the Geneva Conventions. It's focus is on the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Second NATO Modelling and Simulation Conference This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-071. This contains papers from the the RTO NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) Conference held in Shrivenham, UK, 24-26 October 2000. The objective of the conference was to provide an overview of NATO modelling and simulation current best practices, standards, interoperability and reuse. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (4.88 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. The Strategic defence and security review : first report of session 2010-11. House of Commons Defence Committee report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review is likely to lead to crucial decisions about national defence and the role of the UK's Armed Forces. In view of the speed with which the review is being conducted, the House of Commons Defence Committee felt compelled to report to the House as soon as possible. This Report sets out n summary, the Committee's understanding and anxieties about that process, and about the relationship between the Strategic Defence and Security Review and the government Comprehensive Spending Review. [original abstract] The Strategic Defence Review: Policy for People This is the House of Commons Select Committee on Defence's second report on the Strategic Defence Review. Published on 23rd February, 2001, it contains information on proposals for addressing recruiting and retention issues within the armed forces. It covers such issues as overstretch, manning shortages, accomodation, and families and welfare.
no title available no description supplied The Transatlantic Defense Industrial Base : Restructuring Scenarios and Their Implications This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Dr Terrence R. Guay. It looks at the transatlantic industrial base and the post Cold War restructuring of European and United States defence industries. It argues that government policies have restricted opportunities for collaboration and that restructuring and consolidation have created obstacles to transatlantic cooperation. The report looks at post Cold War industrial developments, the political environment, transatlantic versus bipolar industrial base, and future scenarios for the transatlantic industrial base. The UCAV Ascendancy : What are the Problem Issues? This report was written by Dr Carlo Kopp, a defence analyst and lecturer at Monash University. The paper explores a number of fundamental technology issues which will present obstacles to Uninhabited Combat Aerial Vehicles fulfilling a broader portion of the mission spectrum currently performed by manned combat aircraft. These obstacles are then discussed in the context of Australias AIR 6000 program [Taken from abstract]. The report is available in PDF format. The United Nations is Not Well Suited to Intervene Militarily When States Fail : Discussion of this View with Reference to the Lessons Learned from the United Nations Experience in Somalia Research paper published by the Joint Services Command and Staff College, written by Lieutenant Colonel R.P.H. Vickers. This paper debates whether the United Nations is a suitable body to carry out humanitarian intervention operations when states fail. It draws upon the military intervention in Somalia as a case study. The paper puts forward the view that the UN should remain as a central body with the power to enable military intervention, but that other organisations are perhaps better equipped to provide the military forces needed. The War on Terror and the Cold War : They Are Not the Same Written by John Tirman and published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for International Studies in April 2006, this paper is one of a series of essays titled Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, which look at United States forein policy. It looks at the President Bush Administration's likening of the War on Terrorism to the Second World War confrontation with Nazi Germany and the Cold War struggle against Soviet communism. It argues that the global counter terrorism campaign and the current conflict in Iraq is very different and that the lessons from the two earlier conflicts are irrelevant to dealing with terrorism. The Weapons Mix Problem : A Math Model to Quantify the Effects of Internetting of Fires to the Objective Force This technical report (TR-170-A) was published by The RAND Corporation in 2005 and was written by Christopher Pernin and Louis R. Moore. For the Armys future force, what is the appropriate mix of weapons to provide a given outcome, and how might these weapons be employed? This research offers some initial observations into the internetting of fires process, the ability to engage a particular target using any number of potential firers who are able to engage due to being on the network which provides targeting information, along with a foundation for understanding its relationship to combat outcome. [Taken from abstract]. This is a PDF file, so Adobe Acrobat software will be required in order to read it. The world food situation: new driving forces and required actions The world food situation is changing rapidly due to income growth, climate changeand high energy prices. Factors such as globalisation, and urbanisation are transforming food consumption, production, and markets. This paper looks at the key drivers for these developments discusses the considers what policies required to address these issues. Threat Levels : The System to Assess the Threat from International Terrorism This is the full text pdf version of the UK Government report published in July 2006. It outlines the system and process for identifying and warning about threats to national security in the United Kingdom and response levels as a result of the threat analysis. It explains what threat levels are and how they are used and how the public can find out about threat levels and what their response should be. Toward An Economic Warfare Stategy Against Iran : Report of the American Foreign Policy Task Force June 2010 America's strategy toward Iran is faltering. Nearly seven years after the disclosure of the Iranian regime’s nuclear program, and a year-and-a-half after the start of “engagement” on the part of the Obama administration, Washington has yet to see a substantive diplomatic breakthrough in the deepening international impasse over the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions. To the contrary, mounting evidence suggests that Iran’s rulers have used the strategic pause aff orded by American outreach to forge ahead with their nuclear endeavor, adding permanence to Iran’s increasingly mature and menacing atomic effort. Multilateral eff orts at sanctions, meanwhile, have failed to keep pace with these advances. Between 2006 and 2008, three rounds of international sanctions were authorized and enacted by the United Nations Security Council, with little perceivable impact on Iran’s nuclear decisionmaking. A fourth round of sanctions has just been finalized by the United States and other Permanent Security Council members. Yet already, there are clear signs that this effort, like its predecessors, will fall far short of applying the broad, comprehensive economic pressure necessary for Iran to begin to rethink its nuclear drive. As a result, the United States and its allies in the international community will soon be confronted by the stark binary choice best outlined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy several years ago: an Iran with the bomb, or the bombing of Iran. If it hopes to avoid such a state of affairs, the United States will need to marshal a comprehensive economic warfare strategy toward the Islamic Republic — one that leverages the latent vulnerabilities inherent in the Iranian economy to ratchet up the cost of the regime’s nuclear endeavor. Such an approach starts by focusing on six discrete areas of economic activity that could be used to alter the Iranian regime’s behavior. [Originator's abstract] Towards A new NATO strategic Concept : a view from the United States The new Strategic Concept may be consistent with the US desire for territorial defence as the top NATO priority, backed by contingency planning and exercises and with emphasis on the importance of NATO addressing new threats, such as terrorism, cyber-attacks, and nuclear proliferation; recognition that distant events can affect NATO allies’ security and justify NATO military action. There may be emphasis on a 'comprehensive approach' enlisting non-military instruments in support of NATO actions; endorsement of the revised US programme for ballistic missile defense in Europe; affirmation of the need for a nuclear element to NATO deterrence as long as nuclear weapons exist and with any changes in US nuclear deployments in Europe to be decided on an Alliance-wide basis e.g. the approach to Russia that balances reaching out with attention to the concerns of 'new allies'. Lastly a call for European military capabilities to be brought in line with NATO policy objectives with an end to huge defence spending cuts. Towards a U.S. Army Officer Corps Strategy for Success: Retaining Talent The authors discuss poor retention of officers in the US Army. They argue that future planning and policy decisions are put at risk by the loss of talent. However the Army is not isolated from wider employment market forces and so it's retention strategy has to be basedon realistic market principles. Towards Managing Uncertainty : Coupling Experimentation with Rapid Prototyping Written by Peter Layton in 2003, this is working paper number 7 from the Australian Air Power Development Centre. The paper proposes a system of aerospace force experimentation tightly coupled with rapid prototyping as a coping strategy to manage uncertainty by developing flexibility as a major attribute. Training Indigenous Forces in Counterinsurgency : A Tale of Two Insurgencies Written by James S. Corum and published by the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College in March 2006. This report analyses and contrasts the experience of the British in training and building indigenous police forces in Malaysia and Cyprus. In Malaysia, the strategy for training local security forces was very effective; this is in marked contrast to the experience in Cyprus which was unsuccessful. It then goes on to look at lessons that can be learned from these case studies and applied to United States counterinsurgency strategy. Transformation and Strategic Surprise This is the full text pdf version of a Strategic Studies Institute monograph published in April 2005 and written by Dr Colin S. Gray. It looks at the United States armed forces' military transformation process and relates it to the concept of strategic surprise and argues that the current military transformation won't correct US weaknesses in the use of force as an instrument of policy. Transportation Security : Issues for the 109th Congress This is a CRS (Congressional Research Service) issue brief for the US Congress by John Frittelli and updated in June 2005. It discusses how best to construct and finance a system of deterrence, protection, and response that effectively reduces the possibility and consequences of another terrorist attack without unduly interfering with travel, commerce, and civil liberties. It is available in full text in PDF format. U.S. Air Force Transformation Flight Plan 2004 This is the full text pdf version of the report produced by the USAF Future Concepts and Transformation Division, which outlines plans for the military transformation of the US Air Force. The chapters look at what is meant by transformation, the revolution in military affairs and moving from a Cold War to a post Cold War force; enhancing joint and coalition warfighting capabilities; turning technology transformation into reality including science and technology development, advanced technology demonstrations, and agile acquisition; transforming air force culture and organisation; moving to a capbilities based force; developing transformational capabilities; business transformation; and future science and technology challenges. U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula As tensions on the Korean peninsula rise after an international investigation found that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean warship, a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force warns that North Korea's continued provocations pose a serious threat to its neighbors and that its nuclear weapons program must be stopped. "The United States must seek to resolve rather than simply manage the challenge posed by a nuclear North Korea," asserts the Task Force. In its report, U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula, the Task Force emphasizes that "despite the difficulty of the challenge, the danger posed by North Korea is sufficiently severe, and the costs of inaction and acquiescence so high, that the United States and its partners must continue to press for denuclearization." The United States cannot risk "the potential spread of nuclear weapons to rogue states, terrorist groups or others-especially in the Middle East." The Task Force says that the United States also must provide leadership with its regional partners to "coordinate actions designed to contain the spillover effects of possible North Korean instability while insisting that North Korea give up its destabilizing course of action." It recommends that contingency pla nning be prioritized: "Given the uncertainties and associated risks related to North Korea's future, it is necessary and sensible for its neighbors to consider the possibility of volatility in North Korea and plan for its possible effects." The bipartisan Task Force, chaired by former special envoy for negotiations with North Korea Charles L. "Jack" Pritchard and former commander of UN Command/U.S. Forces Korea John H. Tilelli Jr., and directed by CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Scott A. Snyder, is comprised of roughly two dozen distinguished experts, including CISAC Co-Director Siegfried Hecker, representing a wide variety of backgrounds. The report commends the U.S.-South Korean partnership and applauds the close alliance coordination following the ship incident. The Task Force urges the passage of the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which it says is good for America and would send a strong message of support for South Korea. While each member of the Six Party talks-China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States-has its own concerns, "any hope of resolving the North Korean standoff will depend on all parties cooperating with one another and being firm with North Korea." The report emphasizes that "Chinese cooperation is essential to the success of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula and to ensuring regional stability." The report makes several specific recommendations, including calling for the establishment of a dialogue with China about the future of the Korean peninsula, bilateral talks with North Korea regarding missile development, and close consultations with allies South Korea and Japan. The report recommends that the Obama administration prioritize its approach to North Korea in the following order. * Prevent horizontal proliferation: "The United States and its allies should heighten vigilance against the possibility of a transfer of nuclear weapons technologies or fissile material from North Korea and strengthen the capacity to carry out effective counterproliferation measures." * Stop vertical proliferation: "North Korea's unconstrained efforts to develop a missile delivery capability for its nuclear arsenal would dramatically expand its ability to threaten its neighbors and further complicate prospects for reversing its nuclear program." * Denuclearize: "The debate over nonproliferation versus denuclearization is a false choice; the United States and its partners can and must do both by containing proliferation while also pressing for denuclearization." The Task Force recommends that the United States seek ways to integrate North Korea into the international community, including through cultural and academic exchanges. "The Obama administration should change long-standing U.S. policies blocking North Korea's participation in activities of international financial institutions," notes the report. It also condemns North Korea's abysmal human rights record: "North Korea's shameful human rights situation and failure to meet the needs of its people is a human tragedy that should be addressed by U.S. humanitarian assistance and other measures to improve human rights conditions inside North Korea." [Originator's abstract] UAVs and ISR Sensor Technology This web site provides access to an Air University, Air Command and Staff College research report by Maj. Jeffrey T. Butler, USAF, AU/ACSC/033/2001-04, April 2001. The paper examines the United States Air Forces need to develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and sensors for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data collection. Additionally, it highlights recommendations for optimizing the employment and development of ISR UAVs and sensors. The full text of the of the report is available online in PDF format, Adobe Acrobat 4.0 document. UK MoD Central Data Management Authority (CDMA) The CDMA is a tri-service and civil service organisation whose remit is to ensure the consistent definition of data across the Ministry of Defence in order to enable information systems interoperability. This website contains information on the CDMA including its mission, vision and tasks, and an explanation on the importance of data management. It also contains full text DG Information Information Exploitation (IX) Documentation including the BluePrint for Defence Information Exploitation, Knowledge Strategy and IX Principles. The policies section provides access to Joint Services Publication (JSP) 329 Issue 2 Version 4.0 Data Management Policy Set, which contains the detailed policies DM1 to DM10 which cover the Data Management Framework, MOD Policy on Data Naming, Data Interface Standards, Configuration Management and Data Definition Procedures. The site also links to the unclassified version of the Defence Data Repository (DDR). UK Operations in Iraq : Thriteenth Report of Session 2005 - 06 This is the full text pdf version of the House of Commons Defence Committee Thriteenth Report, HC 1241, published on 10th August 2006. The report looks at the challenges facing UK armed forces in post war Iraq and warns that British troops are poorly equipped and over stretched. It looks at the security situation in Iraq, especially in the South East of the country which has deteriorated over the past few months and the implications for UK troops, Iranian influence and border security, security sector reform, the transition to provincial Iraqi control, reconstruction and the treatment of detainees. It then outlines the major challenges facing British troops; armoured vehicles and concern over the use of Snatch Land Rovers which are seen as giving inadequate protection against the increasingly sophisticated roadside bombs being used by insurgents; the effects of extreme heat and the need to equip vehicles with air conditioning; a shortage of helicopters and the strain this places on air and ground crew; airlift or airbridge between the UK and Iraq is unreliable; overstretch and reliance on reservists; and lack of financial recognition for active service overseas. Understanding Multinational Corporations in War Torn Societies : Sudan in Focus Danish Institute for International Studies, DIIS (former Centre for Development Research, CDR) Brief published in April 2006 and written by Luke A. Patey. The paper looks at the impact multinational corporations can have on war torn socities and civil wars in the developing world, in particular international companies which extract natural resources such as oil, gas, timber, diamonds and other precious minerals. It looks in particular at the case of international oil companies in Sudan and provides a framework for clarifying behaviour of multinational corporations. Understanding why terrorist operations succeed or fail The authors argue that analysis of past success or failure of a terrorist operation and likely future success should consider the match or mismatch between three key sets of characteristics: (1) terrorist group capabilities and resources, (2) the requirements of the operation it attempted or is planning to attempt, and (3) the relevance and reliability of security countermeasures. United Kingdom : Army Barracks Deaths : Families Demand Justice This site provides access to the full text html and pdf versions of a report produced by Amnesty International on noncombatant deaths in the UK armed forces at army barracks, published in June 2003. It raises concerns that the causes of the deaths are disputed and the response of the MoD to bereaved families, focuses on the deaths of four soldiers at the Deepcut Army Barracks, and looks at suspicious deaths at other Army barracks. United Nations Peacekeeping This site gives details of UN Peacekeeping activities. The site provides an overview of peackeeping activities; links to the websites of current operations in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East; contains information on the mission and organisation of the Department of Peacekeeping; provides facts and figures on missions; provides resources such as an image gallery, deployment maps, and full text special reports; has details on past missions; and links to related United Nations peace and peacebuilding websites. This site is also available in French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish and links to the UN Home Page. United States Air Force Electronic Publications : Doctrine Documents This is part of the United States Air Force Publishing web site. It provides access to electronic copies of Air Force doctrine documents. These include amongst others: AFDD 1 - Air Force basic doctrine; AFDD2-1 - Air Warfare; AFDD2-1.7 - Airspace Control in the Combat Zone; and AFDD2-2 - Space Operations. These documents can be accessed online in full text (PDF format). Further details including bibliographic information and a short summary can also be viewed online (HTML format). United States Transportation Command This organisation unites the Air Mobility Command, Military Sealift Command and the Military Traffic Management Command. The site gives details about USTRANSCOM's organisation, mission and history and links to the individual sites of each command. It also provides a photo archive; top stories which include news, annual reports, Congressional testimonies and a news and video archive; and biographies of people involved in the command. It is also possible to access full text publications produced by USTRANSCOM and the Department of Defense relating to transportation command and mobility. Updated Lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan : Operations Post-Conflict This site provides access to Anthony H Cordesman's analysis of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and the lessons learned in pdf format. The Instant Lessons of the Iraq War, is a comprehensive report that looks at the technical, tactical and strategic aspects of Operation Iraqi Freedom. There is also access to the reports; The Lessons of Afghanistan: Warfighting, Intelligence, Force Transformation, Counterproliferation, and Arms Control; and The Air War Lessons of Afghanistan: Change and Continuity. Upheaval : U.S. Policy toward Iran in a changing Middle East The wave of uprisings that have rocked the Arab world will have dramatic consequences for America’s strategy toward Iran. Arguments rage over whether the upheavals have strengthened or weakened Iran, Tehran’s role in sparking or exploiting the turbulence, how new regimes in key Arab states might interact with the Islamic Republic, and if the wave of protests might reach Iran itself. But for all of the uncertainty, one thing seems clear: The foundations of the Obama administration’s Iran strategy are crumbling. This report lays out a U.S. strategy toward Iran that is a policy reset from the regional status quo.[Originator's abstract] Urban Operations in the Year 2020 This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-071, by the RTO Studies, Analysis and Simulation Panel Study Group SAS-030, dated April 2003. This is the final report of the panel and so it provides recommendations to the RTA and NATO based on an examination of the future urban environment. It stresses the increasing importance of urban operations and the capabilities needed to operate on this terrain. It covers both materiel (technological) and non-materiel (doctrine and tactics) solutions. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (1.22 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. US - India Nuclear Cooperation : A Strategy for Moving Forward This site provides access to the full text pdf version of the Council on Foreign Relations Special Report number 16 written by Michael A. Levi and Charles D. Ferguson and published in June 2006. The report discusses the July 2005 nuclear cooperation deal between the Bush administration and the Indian government and the tensions it has created for American foreign policy objectives on strengthening bilateral relations with major powers on the one hand, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons on the other. The chapters cover the United States and India deal; history and strategy; nonproliferation; and suggests a three part approach for Congress. US Air Force Handbook This site provides the full text of current United States Air Force handbook in PDF format. The 153 page document enlarges the organisation's mission and vision statements, air force employee statistics and demographics, readiness, modernisation, and summary details of all in-service aircraft types and key programmes.
no title available no description supplied US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratories (USAARL) The objectives of USAARLs research programs are to prevent or minimise health hazards in the military operations environment and sustain the aviators individual performance. The laboratory conducts research into acoustics, vision, crew workload, stress and fatigue, and life support systems. The site provides further details, a searchable database of technical reports with full text, and press releases. US Army ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory CRREL is part of the Engineers Research and Development Center, ERDC, of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Through scientific engineering and research, their aim is to increase knowledge of the world's cold regions in order to help the Army, Corps of Engineers and the Department of Defense operate in these conditions. The site provides information about CRREL and gives details on research branches and their projects. There are full text technical reports from 1995, fact sheets on current research projects, and an online manual 'Methods Manual for Detection of Propellant, Explosive or Pyrotechnic Compounds'. There is also an ice jam and bibliography database as well as computer simulations of models. There is also access to the ERDC Library with access to the library catalogue, publications, cold regions bibliography and related links. US Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism : Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Columbia Written by Andrew Feickert, this is the full text pdf version of Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress RL32758, published on 4th February 2005. The report looks at the combat and non combat missions that United States armed forces are involved in as part of the War on Terror. The chapters look at operations in Afghanistan including US training of the Afghan National Army and the war on drugs; missions and operations in the Horn of Africa and whether they can serve as a model for future operations; operations in the Philippines; and the US military presence in Columbia. The document also considers issues for Congress such as lessons learned and their implications for future operations; NATO and Operation Enduring Freedom; and counter narcotics operations in Afghanistan. Usability of Information in Battle Management Operations This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-057. This contains papers from the the the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium held in Oslo, Norway, 10-13 April 2000. The objectives of the symposium were to examine the problem, research approaches and techniques for improving team performance and enhancing effectiveness, concepts for battlespace visualization and decision support, and the integration of collaborative battle management systems. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (34.3 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. NDU Press Provided by the National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU INSS, this site provides access to full text NDU Press publications. These include the journal Joint Force Quarterly; books; McNair Papers, Occasional Papers; Strategic Assessments; translated publications; and Annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategic Essay Contest winners. Subjects covered by the publications include national security strategy, defence policy, national military strategy, regional security affairs, and global strategic problems. The site can be browsed and there are also pdf subject and author indexes. National Defense University : Institute for National Strategic Studies The INSS is a policy research and strategic gaming organisation within the National Defense University which serves the United States Department of Defense, its components, and interagency partners. Established by the Secretary of Defense in 1984, INSS is comprised of four components: the Research Directorate; the National Strategic Gaming Center; the Publication Directorate; and the Conference Directorate. The site provides details on the Institute and its activities; strategic policy studies and the documents arising from them; regional security studies; a Congressional strategic policy forum; and interagency ITEA program. Use of Lightweight Materials in 21st Century Army Trucks This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Lightweight Materials for 21st Century Army Trucks and the National Materials Advisory Board, published by the National Academies Press in 2003. The report primarily looks at research and technology developments of new lightweight structural materials for light, medium, and heavy Army trucks which will decrease vehicle weight and increase fuel efficiency, but also considers alternative ways of reducing weight such as through the use of alternative power sources such as hybrid electric powertrains. The chapters look at the use of trucks in the US Army and requirments of the future military vehicle fleet; new materials and processing oportunities including aluminium and magnesium alloys, high strength steels, corrosion resistance, polymer matrix composites, self repair and self maintenance; and enabling new technology insertion through improved procurement practices, life cycle management, reduced maintenance and modular design. Using aid to prevent conflict A policy brief published in 2007 from the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, (CRISE)Oxford University, which investigates how aid can be used to prevent conflict by contributing to a fairer distribution of resources across different sections of a society. It discusses how inequalities between groups should be approaches through aid policy using examples from Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Sudan and Nepal. Verification Technologies : Cooperative Aerial Surveillance in International Agreements This web site provides access to a report produced by the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-ISC-480, July 1991. This report presents the findings of a study conducted by the OTA on the potential and limitations of cooperative aerial surveillance as a means of supporting and verifying compliance with a range of international agreements. It examines the types of aircraft and sensors required. It also contains a quantitative analysis of one possible application of cooperative overflights: the monitoring of possible arms control violations. The report is made available as part of the OTA Online Archive, hosted by Princeton University. The full text is accessible online in PDF format (5649K). Alternatively, the front matter, table of contents, individual chapters, and appendices are available as separate PDF files. Vicious Circle : The Dynamics of Occupation and Resistance in Iraq : Part One : Patterns of Popular Discontent Written by Carl Conetta, this is a Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA) Research Monograph number 10, published on 18th May 2005. The report analyses Iraqi public opinion data and interviews about coaltion military activity in post war Iraq. It is found that a vicious circle has been created where counterinsurgency measures are feeding the insurgency further. The chapters look at Iraqi public sentiments on the occupation; what drives oppositional sentiment; variations in Iraqi public opinion by region and community; the foundations of Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni opinion and opposition; and patterns of coalition military activity. Virtual Reality : State of Military Research and Applications in Member Countries This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation Technical Report, RTO-TR-018, by the the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM), dated February 2003. This is the final report of the Research Study Group (RSG) on Virtual Reality Applications whose aim was to identify human factors issues involved in the use of virtual reality technology for military purposes, find out knowledge of those issues and recommend a research agenda to address questions and enable products to be produced for the militarys needs. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (4.28 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Voices of Girl Child Soldiers : Summary This is the full text pdf report written by Yvonne E. Keairns and published by the Quaker United Nations Office and the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers in October 2002. The report presents the results of a study which interviewed girl soldiers from four zones of conflict; Sri Lanka, Angola, Columbia, and the Philippines and policy lessons that can be learned. War Crimes This site provides links to information concerning war crimes in different countries around the world. These include Nazi Germany, Vietnam, Bosnia and Cambodia. They are arranged in sections by country. There are also links to related sites on the Holocaust, prisoners of war and the rest of the Rongstad site. War in the Balkans 1991-2002 Report written by R. Craig Norton and published in August 2003 by the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. This pdf report provides a history of the conflict in the Balkans following the collapse of the Yugoslav Federation in 1991. The report provides information on the Balkans region in world politics, and describes the conflicts between Slovenia and Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Weapons of Terror : Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms This is the full text pdf version of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission report, presented to the United Nations by Commission Chairman Dr. Hans Blix on 1st June 2006. The report discusses disarmament and non proliferation issues and contains sixty recommendations on how to free the world of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The chapters cover: reviving disarmament; weapons of terror threats and responses; nuclear weapons; biological and toxin weapons; chemical weapons; delivery means, missile defences and weapons in space; export controls, international assistance and non governmental actors; compliance, verification, enforcement and the role of the United Nations; and recommendations from the WMDC. What is Essential for Virtual Reality Systems to Meet Military Human Performance Goals This site provides access to a Research and Technology Organisation (NATO) Meeting Proceedings, RTO-MP-058. This contains papers from the RTO Human Factors and Medicine Panel, held in The Hague, The Netherlands, 13 - 15 April 2000. The aims of the workshop were to identify the functional requirements of potential military applications of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, to report the state-of-the-art and projected capabilities of VR technologies, and to propose future research requirements and directions for military applications. Bibliographic and abstract details are available in HTML format. A table of contents, and the full text of the document (10.5 Mbytes) can be accessed online in PDF format. The document is contained in the RTO's Full Text Publication Library. Whither the Six Party Talks This is the full text of a United States Institute of Peace USIPeace Briefing written by Scott Snyder, Ralph Cossa and Brad Glosserman and published in May 2006. It discusses the Six Party Talks between North and South Korea, the United States, Japan, China and Russia which are aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. WMD in Iraq : Evidence and Implications Written by Joseph Cirincione, Jessica T. Mathews, George Perkovich and Alexis Orton and published in January 2004, this Carnegie report investigates the United States Intelligence Community's assessment on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction prior to the 2003 Iraq War. It looks at prewar intelligence, Iraq's capbailities to produce WMD, evidence of these activities found in Iraq and lessons for the future. www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet This web site provides access to the full text of a report published by the United States Institute of Peace in March 2004. The report considers the nature and usage of the Internet by terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda. It includes a survey of how they use the Internet to attract and retain support and the content of a number of terrorist organisation web sites. Users should note that the report is in pdf format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use. |
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