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EVALUATING NOVEL THREATS TO THE HOMELAND: UNMANNED
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Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats
that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners. An example of
such a novel threat is the use of cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) by terrorist groups. Individual threats cannot be assessed in isolation,
however, since adversaries always have many options for staging attacks. To
examine this threat, RAND utilized a "red analysis of alternatives" approach,
wherin the benefits, costs, and risks of different options are considered from
the point of view of a potential adversary. For several types of attacks, the
suitability of these systems was compared against other options. This approach
can help defense planners understand how the capabilities that different attack
modes provide address key adversary operational problems. Given the insights
this analysis produced about when these systems would likely be preferred by an
attacker, RAND explored defensive options to address the threat. UAVs and cruise
missiles represent a "niche threat" within a larger threat context; therefore,
defenses were sought that provide common protection against both this and other
asymmetric threats. The monograph concludes with a discussion of cross-cutting
lessons about this threat and the assessment of novel threats in general.

Table Of Contents

Preface
Summary
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE Introduction
CHAPTER TWO UAVs and Cruise Missiles as Asymmetric Threats: How Do These
CHAPTER THREE What Adversary Operational Problems Can UAVs and Cruise
Missiles Best Solve and How Do UAVs and Cruise Missiles
Compare with Alternative Solutions?
CHAPTER FOUR What Are the Terrorist Group Characteristics and Preferences
Relevant to the Acquisition and Use of Technology?
CHAPTER FIVE Considering Defensive Strategies and Options
CHAPTER SIX Conclusions
Bibliography

Product Details

* ISBN: 083304169X
* ISBN-13: 9780833041692
* Format: Paperback, 106pp
* Publisher: RAND Corporation
* Pub. Date: November 2007

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