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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Military missions"”.
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Soldiers as strangers: morally and culturally critical situations during military missions
Contains fulltext : 140647.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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An Expert Based Multi Attribute Group Decision Making (MAGDM) Model for Portfolio Evaluation: Application on Ground Force Units
… it to evaluate brigade types under different military missions. Specifically, currently used Heavy, Mechanized Infantry, Airborne Infantry, and Stryker brigades are evaluated under a set of possible future military missions. The purpose of the study is to provide a model for decision makers, …
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Wheeled autonomous mobile robots for use in harsh environments: a survey of recent publications
… plant maintenance, interplanetary exploration, military missions and smart highway systems. This thesis is a survey of recent publications, 1990-1996, of wheeled autonomous mobile robots for harsh environments. Various sensing, navigation, and motion control strategies commonly used on …
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The State of European Defence Policy and the Value(s) of Intervention
… an examination of its commitment to civilian and military missions abroad. In so doing, this thesis suggests that these missions stem from a misguided belief that the promotion of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law beyond its border is the most effective means by which to achieve …
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A technical demonstration of a map based logistics planning tool
… War is characterized by a wide range of possible military missions, from full scale war to peace keeping missions and by great uncertainty about when and where military response will be required. Military planning systems (for example, logistics, counter logistics, protection of infrastructure, …
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The U.S. Army School of the Americas and U.S. National Interests in the 20th Century
… of approximately 55,000 Latin American civilian, military, and police personnel throughout the USARSA's 54-year existence placed the United States in an influential position to achieve U.S. national interests. Prior to World War II, the training of Latin American militaries was intended to …
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Safe havens in Syria : missions and requirements for an air campaign
… way of systematic, open-source analysis of the military missions and material requirements for a possible Syrian intervention. This thesis assesses the scale, scope, and challenges of intervention in Syria at the time its proponents argue it would have been most effective. It does so through …
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DOD Mission Engineering and Integration Explorative-Exploitative Architecture for Technology Innovation
… in support of U.S. National Defense and Military Strategies continues to increase in significance. The growing challenges in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) technological innovation in a context of global security and rapid pace of global competitiveness continue to reveal many …
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Assessment of Power Generation, Dynamic Interaction and Human Comfort of a Suspended Energy Harvesting Backpack
… (such as during fieldwork, hiking, and military missions). What’s more, no matter how much energy the battery stores, it will drain eventually. In addition, large battery will add extra weight and occupy space. Substitute power supply that conquer these aforementioned dilemmas are thus …
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No Soldier Left Behind? Breaking the Silence on Military Service, Values and Identity in Israel
… explores the intersection of social identity, military ethics and nonviolent movements. The data show that many soldiers do not see their tasks as supporting the overall mission of keeping their country and nation safe, leading to a decline in motivation and sense of purpose. Further, deeper …
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Analysis of the propulsion and manoeuvring characteristics of survey-style AUVs and the development of a multi-purpose AUV
… applications including oceanographic research, military missions and commercial activities such as oil and gas field exploration. The reported research covers two main areas, namely, the assessment of the survey performance of AUVs and the development of the next generation of multi-purpose …
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Fault-Tolerant Control of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
… are widely used in commercial, scientific, and military missions for various purposes. What makes this technology challenging is the increasing mission duration and unknown environment. It is necessary to embed fault-tolerant control paradigms into UUVs to increase the reliability of the …
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Operational Military Violence: A Cartography of Bureaucratic Minds and Practices
Western use of military violence is becoming increasingly centralised, partly through the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (or more commonly referred to as “drones” in the literature). Drone technology allows control and command of military operations to be put under one roof, and as military …
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The Effects of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Command and Control Latency during Within-Visual-Range Air-To-Air Combat
<p>The type of military missions conducted by remotely piloted aircraft continues to expand into all facets of operations including air-to-air combat. While future within-visual-range air-to-air combat will be piloted by artificial intelligence, remotely piloted aircraft will likely first see …
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The Future Role of the People's Liberation Army in Promoting Chinese Interests Abroad
… of raw materials required for economic and military growth. It is this paper's recommendation that officials within the United States and China set aside some of their differences and focus on areas that promote positive engagement between the PLA and the U.S military. Cooperation in …
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A Multi-scale Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Rapid Climate Change on Forest Lands Managed by the Department of Defense in the US
… of Defense to assess the vulnerability of military lands to rapid climate change and develop mitigation strategies to cope with projected impacts to natural systems, resource management activities and military missions. The Holdridge Life Zone system was used to model the geographic extent …
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Der sicherheitspolitische Entwicklungsprozeß der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1990-2002 : neue Orientierungen einer euro-atlantischen Sicherheitskultur
Die Dissertation untersucht den deutschen sicherheitspolitischen Entwicklungsprozeß von der Wiedervereinigung bis zu den Verteidigungspolitischen Richtlinien vom 21. Mai 2003. Jahrzehntelang prägten der Vorrang des Atlantischen Bündnisses, die Landesverteidigung, die Allgemeine Wehrpflicht und die …