Assessing Airpower's Effects : Capabilities and Limitations of Real-Time Battle Damage Assessment

By Lieutenant Colonel John T. Rauch Jr., USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170667
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Reproduction Date: 10/22/2012

Title:	Assessing Airpower's Effects : Capabilities and Limitations of Real-Time Battle Damage Assessment
Author:	Lieutenant Colonel John T. Rauch Jr., USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airpower
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago Colonel John T. Rauch Jr., Usa, B. L. (n.d.). Assessing Airpower's Effects : Capabilities and Limitations of Real-Time Battle Damage Assessment. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This study analyzes how real-time battle damage assessment (BDA) might contribute to airpower strategy and execution. It provides a historical review of BDA during World War II, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War and examines the current BDA doctrine, capabilities, and procedures to illustrate contemporary strengths and shortcomings. This study identifies potential remedies to contemporary issues based on real-time BDA solutions by addressing technological, procedural, and organizational aspects. It evaluates the strengths and limitations of these possible remedies, with respect to airpower planning and execution, to identify viable solutions. This study assesses how alternative solutions might affect airpower strategy formation and execution by examining the improvements intelligence agencies and the services are likely to pursue over the near term and concludes with recommendations for the future.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 2 HISTORY OF BOMB DAMAGE ASSESSMENT . . . . 3 3 BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TODAY . . . . . 15 4 POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . 27 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR AIRPOWER . . . . . . 47 GLOSSARY . . . . 55