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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Stability Operations"”.
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Optimization-based routing and scheduling of IED-detection assets in contemporary military operations
… and lethal part of contemporary military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, producing more casualties than any other weapons system. One reason for their success is their practicality in an environment characterized by imbalances in the capabilities of opposing forces. The military forces …
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Challenges in the design of tension moored floating wind turbines
… challenges compared against other platform stability types. This thesis investigated the use of such platforms through a combination of numerical simulations and experimental wave basin tank testing. Design improvements in an existing platform, HEXWIND, are identified, leading to the design …
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Toward an effective and humane counterinsurgency
Preliminary research isolated a set of thirteen candidate principles that military officers need to understand to conduct effective and humane counterinsurgency. A meta-synthesis of eight classical theorists of counterinsurgency sought support for and consensus on these principles and discovered …