Military

2000 Reports

  • Report of the Panel of Experts on Sierra Leone Diamonds and Arms December 2000, S/2000/1195 -- Diamonds have become an important resource for Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in sustaining and advancing its military ambitions. Estimates of the volume of RUF diamonds vary widely, from as little as $25 million per annum to as much as $125 million. Whatever the total, it represents a major and primary source of income for the RUF, and is more than enough to sustain its military activities.
  • UKRAINE’S REGIONS RESEARCH & ANALYTICAL PAPERS Eastern Research Group FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON, NOVEMBER 2000 - A defining feature of Ukraine’s national structure is the existence of a regional divide. Travelling east from the Polish border in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains, through to the capital, Kyiv, and on to the city of Luhansk on the Russian border, the internal variation becomes particularly apparent.
  • China's National Defense in 2000 Information Office of the State Council Of the People's Republic of China, October 2000
  • Report - Logistics Related DoD Executive Agents: An Assessment (October 2000) (PDF document) The Army needed a more comprehensive look at the potential impacts on its capabilities as a result of having to meet its current assigned, implied and specified Army Logistics Support to Other Services (ALSOS) responsibilities.
  • "OPERATION SOONER SUPPORT" - OPERATIONS and FRAG ORDERS FOR 33rd Area Support Group [33d ASG] October 04, 2000 - Deploy to Ft Chaffee to conduct a Rehearsal Annual Training (REHAT) for a JRTC rotation. This period presents a need for a logistical task force to support the rotational battle force and perform certain traditional Inbound (RSOI) and Outbound (Closeout) missions.
  • SADDAM HUSSEIN'S IRAQ US Department of State September 13, 1999 (Updated 3/24/00) -- "The purpose of this report is to present the facts concerning Iraq under Saddam Hussein. (...) Based on publicly available information, the facts contained in this report demonstrate that under the regime of Saddam Hussein, Iraq continues to repress its people, threaten the region, and obstruct international efforts to provide humanitarian relief." [PDF 3.72 Mb]
  • Army Aviation within Forces Command by General David A. Bramlett and Major Larry Rood, Army Aviation FORSCOM aviation assets provide the Warfighting CINCs with highly flexible maneuver forces capable of operating in the third dimension of the battlefield as part of the combined arms team."
  • Training Like You Fight On USS Virginia by Craig Kessler, Tim Bergland, and Dave Gibson Undersea Warfare Fall 2000 -- The new Onboard Team Trainer Master Controller (OBTT MC) will tie together the entire complement of OBTT subsystems to make possible both individual task training and exercising the combat systems team as a whole.
  • Submarine Rescue: Ready For The Unthinkable Undersea Warfare Fall 2000 -- With the recent tragic loss of a Russian submarine, there has been an increased interest in U.S. submarine survivability and the U.S. Navy's submarine rescue capabilities. These are areas of vital importance that should be understood by every submariner. This article will describe the programs and capabilities we have currently in place and some of the ongoing initiatives that we are pursuing for our submarine survivability and rescue program.
  • SUBMARINE FORWARD PRESENCE as of September 2000 Undersea Warfare Fall 2000
  • An Integrated Electric Power System: the NEXT STEP by ADM Frank L. "Skip" Bowman, USN Undersea Warfare Fall 2000 -- Although our modern nuclear reactors offer enough stored energy to power the ship throughout its lifetime, their mechanical drive propulsion systems immediately reserve 75-80 percent of useful reactor power output exclusively and unalterably for propulsion. If we incorporate an integrated electric power system, large amounts of reactor power output could be placed on a common electrical bus, allowing allocation of that energy as determined by tactical requirements, whether that be answering a maneuvering bell or delivering payload or a combination of the two. The ability to redistribute power on demand will give the commanding officer enormous operational flexibility.
  • World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers 1998 [Bureau of Verification and Compliance, US Department of State, Washington, DC] August 21, 2000
  • CHINESE ARMY BUILDING IN THE ERA OF JIANG ZEMIN Andrew Scobell Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks July 2000
  • CHINESE ARMS EXPORTS: POLICY, PLAYERS AND PROCESS Evan S. Medeiros & Bates Gill Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks July 2000 BLAST EFFECTS COMPUTER VERSION 4.0 [Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board] 01 July 2000
  • National Ice Center / Naval Ice Center Support to Submarine Operations by CDR Zdenka Willis, CDR Michael Foster, Ms. Cheryl Bertoia, and LT Kyle Dedrick Undersea Warfare Summer 2000 -- With our current capabilities to monitor sea ice using aircraft and imaging satellites, the data that submarines bring back from beneath the surface is a valuable adjunct for characterizing environmental conditions in the Arctic region. Thus, for tracking and analyzing sea ice - its growth, recession, and motion - there is probably no more fruitful partnership than the teaming of Navy's Arctic-going submarines and the National/Naval Ice Center in Washington, DC.
  • Continuous Water Mass Sampling Using STED by Mark D. Sand Undersea Warfare Summer 2000 -- The importance of an accurately measured sound velocity profile and its contribution to effective submarine operations have been understood since the days preceding World War II. During that conflict, U.S. Navy submarine crews utilized a mechanical bathythermograph to record water temperatures as the submarine performed a depth excursion. The temperature profile was etched onto a gold-coated glass slide and then read by a microscope within an optical reader.
  • Testing and Training Challenges for the Evolutionary Aircraft Carrier Strategy [1.25 MB PDF] by Captain T. Ladsen Webb, Jr. Program Executive Office: Aircraft Carriers 24 July 2000 -- Presentation on future carrier systems.
  • Submarine Forward Presence as of late Spring 2000 Undersea Warfare Summer 2000
  • New VLS Trainer: Hands-on Wins Hands Down by Bill Kenny, U.S. Navy Submarine School Undersea Warfare Summer 2000 -- In many ways, the introduction of the Vertical Launching System (VLS) fundamentally changed the tactical capabilities of the U.S. Submarine Force. Now, some eighteen years after VLS and the Tomahawk weapon system appeared on submarines, VLS training has caught up. The new VLS Trainer in the Torpedoman "A" and "C" School at Groton, Connecticut brings unprecedented realism to the learning process for operations and maintenance of a complex weapon system.
  • Deeply Buried Facilities: Implications for Military Operations, Lieutenant Colonel Eric M.Sepp, Air War College Center for Strategy and Technology Occasional Paper No.14, May 2000
  • SFOR Lessons Learned In Creating A Secure Environment With Respect For The Rule of Law U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute May 2000 -- This report offers an assessment of SFOR lessons learned in creating a secure environment with respect for the rule of law. It is intended to assist decision-makers to capture these lessons and to help guide future courses of action in Bosnia and elsewhere. [MSWord 6.6 Mb]
  • THE PLA AND THE KOSOVO CONFLICT June Teufel Dreyer Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks May 2000
  • ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MILITARY POWER OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA June 2000. This report, submitted in response to the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act, addresses (1) China’s grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy; (2) developments in China’s military doctrine and force structure, to include developments in advanced technologies which would enhance China’s military capabilities; and, (3) the security situation in the Taiwan Strait.
  • Long Term World Oil Supply EIA April 2000 -- peak production years were estimated by EIA using a relatively simple algorithm. The peak production year estimates ranged from 2021 to 2112 across the 12 scenarios. For example, using the USGS mean (expected) resource base estimate (3,003 billion barrels) and an annual production growth rate of 2 percent (similar to the current rate), the estimated peak production year is 2037.
  • First Los Angeles-Class SSN Gets Dry-Deck Shelter by JO2 Joseph Rehana, USN Undersea Warfare Spring 2000-- When USS Dallas (SSN-700) heads to sea this spring, she’ll operate in exercises unlike any other USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)-class submarine has before. Dallas recently completed all necessary sea trials and is now in the final phases of pre-deployment to become the first attack submarine to carry a dry-deck shelter (DDS).
  • NEWPORT AND NAVY TORPEDOES- AN ENDURING LEGACY by Mary Anne Cowell and Edward C. Whitman Undersea Warfare Spring 2000-- Every day at Coddington Cove, NUWC employees are researching new technologies, developing new undersea systems for the Fleet of the 21st century, and looking for another 130 years of achievement on the shores of Narragansett Bay.
  • OH, How Offensive by RADM Richard P. Terpstra, USN Undersea Warfare Spring 2000-- The evolution of submarine land attack has been a hard-won success story. Against difficult technical problems, communications challenges, and a strike-warfare culture that does not enthusiastically embrace newcomers, the Submarine Force has persevered to make up about 25 percent of the battlegroup Tomahawk strike capability with an impressive record of reliable precision attacks. We have come a long way, but I believe the Navy is at the cusp of a revolution in the way we will fight that demands the Submarine Force take a leadership role and become a full partner in naval campaign-level striking forces. Why? The fundamental reason why we must lead in this revolution is that it can't be done without us.
  • Submarine Forward Presence as Feb. 2000 Undersea Warfare Spring 2000
  • TLAM AND BRITISH STRATEGIC THOUGHT by Dr. Lee Willett Undersea Warfare Spring 2000-- On 24 March 1999, the Royal Navy (RN) SSN HMS Splendid fired Britain's first Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in combat. The first NATO weapons employed in Operation ALLIED FORCE in Kosovo, Splendid's TLAMs projected maritime power ashore against broad target sets in a land-locked theater. In contributing an undisclosed number of rounds to the 238 TLAMs fired, Splendid's operation means TLAM is now combat-proven for Britain.
  • KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR REGIONAL OVERVIEW - U. S. Department of Commerce 17 March 2000
  • 2000 Unit Compliance Inspection for 7th Air Force Department of the Air Force, Pacific Air Forces March 2000 [MS WORD DOC]
  • High Power Microwaves: Strategic and Operational Implications for Warfare By Eileen M. Walling, February 2000 [Occasional Paper No. 11, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College], The military research laboratories have demonstrated that high power microwave technologies can produce significant effects, ranging from upsetting to destroying the electronics within military and commercial systems. The Air Force has led this technology development, and various operational communities, including the Air Combat Command and U.S. Strategic Command, have identified numerous offensive and defensive requirements that can be satisfied by high power microwave weapons.
  • Planning for Major Theater Wars: Examining the Worst Case by Major Gregory A. Pickell, US Army Military Review - January-February 2000 - While the US military has changed considerably since the Korean War, without relevant, directed preparation for a Korean MTW, a repeat of July 1950 is not only possible but highly probable, should North Korea attempt to unite the peninsula by force.
  • CHINA DEBATES the FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT MICHAEL PILLSBURY National Defense University Press January 2000
  • U.S. Army Logistics Related DoD Executive Agents, ALSOS 28 Jan 2000 (Word document) The Army needed a more comprehensive look at the potential impacts on its capabilities as a result of having to meet its current assigned, implied and specified Army Logistics Support to Other Services (ALSOS) responsibilities.

  • Report to Congress: Kosovo/Operation Allied Force After-Action Report 31 January 2000 -- "This report presents the results of the Department of Defense review of the conduct of Operation Allied Force and associated relief operations as required by Congress." [PDF 2.23 Mb]

  • 2000 Munitions Executive Summit - 12 January 2000
  • The Surface Warfare Test Ship [2.59 MB PDF] NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA Technical Report January 2000 -- A systems engineering approach to the design of a ship conversion to satisfy the requirements for a Surface Warfare Test Ship (SWTS) to be employed by the Port Hueneme Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center is presented. The ship described would meet test needs for future weapons and sensor systems and provide limited test capability for future hull, mechanical and electrical systems.
  • Conceptual Monitoring Options for a Southern Lebanon Withdrawal Agreement Sandia National Laboratories, SAND2000-0184, January 2000
  • WILL RUSSIA GO FOR A MILITARY VICTORY IN CHECHNYA? (O.B. 74) Pavel Baev Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK January 2000
  • Dagestan: The Storm Part I - The 'Invasion' of Avaristan (P30) Charles Blandy Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK March 2000
  • Dagestan: The Storm Part 2 - The Federal Assault on the "Kadar Complex" (P32) Charles Blandy Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK June 2000
  • NORTH CAUCASUS MILITARY DISTRICT: DEFENDING RUSSIA'S INTERESTS IN THE CAUCASUS (1996-AUGUST 1999) A101 Dr S J Main Conflict Studies Research Centre, Sandhurst UK June 2000