By Brian A. Jackson, David R. Frelinger, Michael J. Lostumbo, Robert W. Button

Develops methods for assessing uneven assaults utilizing cruise missiles or unmanned aerial autos, a unique power danger to fatherland ambitions, within the context of alternative thoughts on hand to terrorist actors and for picking out the standards that will make those applied sciences appealing to adversaries. those techniques give you the foundation for exploring shielding concepts

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Essentially any attack mode could be used as part of an attack scenario that is partially or completely indirect in nature. 3 A variety of other options could be used as challenges in these types of scenarios. Information operations, such as hoax calls or bomb threats, could be used to trigger an evacuation of a defended location. , creating a routine emergency, such as a fire, to trigger evacuation and response, triggering of threat-detection systems, or acting to simulate an attack in progress) could also be effective indirect stimuli.

This work has highlighted problems with detecting these types of small, lowflying targets; how to appropriately respond to a threat detected over a populated area; and the resources and capabilities needed to defend the airspace of a nation as large as the United States (Gormley, 2006; Gormley, 2003, pp. 3–9; Bolkcom, 2006; and Miasnikov, 2005). S. homeland, RAND conducted a study assessing the potential use of these platforms in asymmetric attack scenarios in the United States. Building on previous analyses of these systems and a body of RAND work 8 on state and nonstate group behavior and technological decisionmaking, these systems were assessed from the perspective of actors planning asymmetric operations.

84–91). Another potential example of such a tactic was the 2002 attack staged in the Bali nightclub district by Jemaah Islamiyah. Two devices were used in quick succession, one inside a bar and another larger device planted in a vehicle on the street outside (“The Bali Bombing Plot,” 2002). Essentially any attack mode could be used as part of an attack scenario that is partially or completely indirect in nature. 3 A variety of other options could be used as challenges in these types of scenarios.

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