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The combat simulation of desert storm with applications for contingency operations
Author(s) -
Appleget Jeffrey A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6750(199506)42:4<691::aid-nav3220420411>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , contingency plan , battle , storm , operations research , contingency , agency (philosophy) , military strategy , aeronautics , computer science , political science , history , engineering , meteorology , law , computer security , sociology , geography , archaeology , social science , linguistics , philosophy
Operation Desert Storm shattered the myth that the next war U.S. forces would fight would be a European battle between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The senior leadership of the Army, in conjunction with the National Command Authority, demanded insights from combat simulations to assist in war‐planning and war‐fighting efforts for Operation Desert Storm. This article describes how an existing theater‐level simulation, the Concepts Evaluation Model, was used by analysts at the U.S. Army Concepts Analysis Agency (CAA) to simulate Desert Storm in support of those efforts, and details specific innovations that may have applications for future contingency operations. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.