Tag: Warfare

A Probabilistic Model of Ballistic Missile Defense for Heterogeneous Targets
16th Dec 2019
Introduction: ABSTRACT In this paper, we propose that during a complex engagement scenario with heterogeneous targets, the defense can use a SLS-OLEO (Shoot-Look-Shoot with Optimal Last Engagement Opportunity) firi...

History of the First Congo War
16th Dec 2019
Introduction: Figure 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. AFDL        Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération ALIR        Armée de Libération du Rwanda CNDD        Conseil National de Défen...

History of the 1948 Arab-Israel War
16th Dec 2019
Introduction: Introduction The geographic land known as Palestine, now Israel, has been ruled by many various empires throughout the centuries mostly by Muslim rulers. Palestine was a region of the Ot...

Is Cyber Warfare the Future of War?
13th Dec 2019
Introduction: Introduction Undoubtedly, the twentieth century could be counted as the bloodiest in human history; man has been at war for much longer than he has been at peace. The death tolls are incalculable ...

Arthashastra and Its Relevance in Modern Warfare
13th Dec 2019
Introduction: Arthashastra and its relevance in modern warfare and counterinsurgency/counterterrorism philosophy INTRODUCTION - SITUATING THE ARTHASHASTRA Historical Background 1. Kautilya, also known as Chana...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Subconventional War
13th Dec 2019
Introduction: CHAPTER- I INTRODUCTION 1. Many military strategists and theorists have concluded, based on recent history, the nature of future wars will be limited to regional and intrastate conflicts. Large inter...

Causes of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atom Bomb
12th Dec 2019
Introduction: The American decision to use the two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II has come in for feverish debate in the years following the incident. It is...

Impact of Arthashastra on Modern Warfare
12th Dec 2019
Introduction: As enunciated by Kautilya, wealth of a nation is both the territory of the state and the inhabitants of the state. Thus economics is at the heart of......

Impact of the Media in the Vietnam War
12th Dec 2019
Introduction: “By the spring of 1975, the Vietnam War had ended in victory for the enemies of the United States” and ever since this, historians have been preoccupied with explaining why America failed...

Defence Logistics Organisation Analysis for War Suitability
11th Dec 2019
Introduction: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Historically, nation states have used military power as an instruement of state to achieve their national aims & objectives. Towards that end, logistics along with strategy...

Operation Pluto: The Impact of Strategic Decisions on the Bay of Pigs Operation
11th Dec 2019
Introduction: Operation Pluto: The Impact of Strategic Decisions on the Bay of Pigs Operation “We always had the impression, absolutely that we would have the full support of the US government to include aircra...

Japanese Industries, Taiwanese Industrial Heritage
10th Dec 2019
Introduction: 3.1 Introduction Generally, the term industrial heritage refers to those heritage sites built after the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century. However, the definition of the industrial heri...

Development of a Global Conflict Index and Web GIS to Map Indirect Impacts of Armed Conflict
10th Dec 2019
Introduction: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GLOBAL CONFLICT INDEX AND WEB GIS TO MAP THE INDIRECT IMPACTS OF ARMED CONFLICT Abstract The aim of the research is to create a Conflict Index and web GIS that would enable hum...

British Auxiliary Forces During the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902
10th Dec 2019
Introduction: British Auxiliary Forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902: Composition, Purpose and Performance Introduction When Britain suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of the Boe...

The Role of Mounted Troops during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
10th Dec 2019
Introduction: The Role of Mounted Troops during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...

Application of the Art of War to Business Strategy
9th Dec 2019
Introduction: The Art of War and Business Strategy Research question: how to apply The Art of War in the business strategy? Introduction Sun Tzu had another name, Sun Wu. He was born in the Warring State period....

Why Is Contemporary Warfare Considered Entirely New?

9th Dec 2019
Introduction: When considering military action against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then US President Bush swore that he would avoid the mistakes of the Vietnam War. Unlike the long, drawn-out defeat...