The final report of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on the Discriminate Use of Force (DUF) is presented. The need to use military force in a discriminate manner is now being complemented by an emerging capability to do so. Ample evidence of the potential of DUF has been provided by the recent campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. The report first identifies enablers of DUF and then focuses its recommendations on two of them: 1. create a capability to do campaign planning at the strategic/operational level that would approach the standards of detail, coherence, and comprehensiveness of current U.S. military operational/tactical-level campaign planning; and 2. make a long-term commitment to develop leaders for the discriminate use of force and effects-based operations, a commitment that will require changes do DoD personnel practices and professional military eductation.
Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Discriminate Use of Force
2003
42 pages
Report
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English