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The counter-terrorism capabilities resident in the military services 
and intelligence agencies would be enhanced by the addition of 500 
people over the next 18 months who would "focus on understanding 
effects of globalization, radicalism, cultures, religions, economics, 
etc., to better characterize potential adversaries." For the personnel 
increase and the technical capabilities they would need, the bill could 
rise to $800 million.  

The panel would also add $200 million to the Joint Warfare Analysis 
Center - a cell of about 500 planners and target analysts in Dahlgren, 
Va. - and Joint Forces Command's net assessment center. The panel 
also recommends establishing other similar centers to support targeting 
of terrorist organizations and their supporting infrastructures.  

Once the terrorists are found, the battles that ensue are likely to 
take place in urban environments, something for which the U.S. military 
is woefully underprepared, according to the DSB.  

The entire spectrum of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance 
would be invigorated with an infusion of $1.6 billion per year over 
the next six years, with the emphasis on tying together unmanned aerial 
vehicles, manned platforms, space-based sensors and databases into a 
seamless whole. The money would also be invested in developing "a
rich set of new ground sensor capabilities" that would be specially 
focused on watching small terrorist cells.

While the U.S. experience in Somalia in 1993, immortalized in the book 
and movie "Black Hawk Down," spurred more urban-operations training, 
the DSB asserts that there remain significant problems in doctrine, 
training and technology. It recommends creating a dedicated urban 
training range on the West Coast, similar in function to the Army's 
National Training Center in California. Training would emphasize small 
unit action, leadership initiative and flexibility and low-level control 
of supporting fire u that is, having relatively junior members of the 
military decide how much back-up fire they need, when and where.  

That effort would require $300 million a year for the next six years. 
Joint Forces Command, now charged with experimentation in military 
concepts, would be put in charge of research and development of 
technologies and tactics in urban warfare. Like U.S. Special Forces 
Command, it would be given a separate budget it could invest however 
it deemed necessary, without relying on the military services.  

In fact, the report recommends that Joint Forces Command should 
be given power over the military services' command and control 
investments, to ensure that all will be using interoperable equipment,
enabling joint operations during war and exercises.  

Intrinsic to urban warfare would be the development of a detailed 
database of most of the cities in the world where troops might be 
engaged, with GPS coordinates marking key structures and roads. 
The database would be constantly updated. It would come together in 
a three-dimensional display showing buildings, including windows and 
doors, streets and alleys and underground passages, obstacles like 
power lines and key infrastructure like water and communications lines.  

The Defense Science Board also believes the military's "rear flank" - 
protecting its people, forces, critical infrastructures, and ability 
to mobilize forces safely - needs a great deal more attention. "Increase 
10-fold over three years the people and resources devoted to assessing 
vulnerabilities of our DOD force projection capabilities and critical 
infrastructure," the report recommends.  

The report also suggests conducting an extensive vulnerability 
assessment on military posts and mobility routes. Together the 
efforts would cost more than $250 million.   

/END/

Source: OrdnanceReports / September 26, 2002 / Pages 8&9
( http://www.goordnance.apg.army.mil/PDF%20Files/OrdnanceReports0926.pdf )

Cheers, Steve..

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