Flying in the face of uncertainty
Alternative plans and postures for interdiction in Southwest Asia
ResearchPublished 1985
This paper attempts to explain and demonstrate a new methodological approach to General Purpose Force employment analysis, and the analysis of alternative strategies and doctrine for theater-level war in particular. It uses two sets of analytic tools, military history and theater-level simulation modeling. The author examines a current policy issue, the evaluation of alternative U.S. interdiction strategies to counter a hypothetical Soviet invasion of Iran given the many uncertainties inherent in the problem, in order to assess (1) the benefits to U.S. strategy of Iranian military resistance to a Soviet invasion and of Iranian cooperation with the United States; (2) ways to make the best use of such Iranian cooperation; and (3) possible variation on U.S. airpower and interdiction strategy in the first few weeks of a war in order to exploit the new alliance with Iran.
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- Year: 1985
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- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/P7050
- Document Number: P-7050-RGI
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Levine, Robert A., Flying in the face of uncertainty: Alternative plans and postures for interdiction in Southwest Asia, RAND Corporation, P-7050-RGI, 1985. As of September 23, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7050.html
Levine, Robert A., Flying in the face of uncertainty: Alternative plans and postures for interdiction in Southwest Asia. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1985. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7050.html. Also available in print form.
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