Military Imports and Sustainable Development: Case Study Analysis - GhanaMilitary expenditure by developing states is usually interpreted within the context of its potential alternative cost-benefits to the state and, often, its links with sustainable development, however, tenuous. In this sense, Ghana...
Irregular warfare has become the centre of much military and academic study in recent years, due mostly to the ongoing NATO operations in Afghanistan. However irregular warfare is by no means a recent revelation in the evolution of warfare and strategy, numerous examples exist throughout history in...
president that can be used in an emergency situation of some kind, and there are not a lot of controls or backstops against the president potentially misusing these authorities," Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis with the Center for Strategic and...
The history of aviation has been replete with examples of human errors in system design and operation leading to disaster, which highlight human information-processing limitations. The United Airlines incident at O’Hare field in Chicago is a case in point: Following this disaster, simulator ...
Mission Specific Outcomes Analysis Political leaders and civilian advisors usually rely on senior military leaders’ advice and inputs when it comes to use of force. One of many best examples can be General Colin Powell’s well calculated and timely request of sending an extra corps to the Gulf...
Lesson Course 3.1Kviews Rules, Laws, and Organizations The following essay prompts will help your students examine more closely the relationship between ethics and the rules, laws, and organizations associated with military action. Historical Examples ...
In this article, case-based examples are shared in order to discuss some of the challenges otolaryngologists providing acute care in austere environments may encounter. Access through your organization Check access to the full text by signing in through your organization. Access through your ...
In these examples, launchers and ammunition complement each other in the projection of force. A similar complementarity logic applies to any type of weapon, since ultimately, all weapons require a significant amount of ammunition to be effective, whether it be a howitzer, a lethal drone, or ...
but then – often at very short notice – it must transition to a posture in which effectiveness is paramount and cost a secondary consideration. Recent experiences with the Corona virus offer vivid examples of such scaling up. After all, while business competition tends to grant competitors secon...
” In this context, the complex system was designed to wage war, and the components of that system were the enormous resources and requirements of military organizations. Examples of how OR was applied include the determination of the optimal fuse length for depth charges designed to combat ...