Analysis of Air-Based Mechanization and Vertical Envelopment Concepts and Technologies
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: December 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9780833029669
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; Weapons & equipment; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; Reference; Political Science / Reference
Description: "Summarized research conducted in 1998 by the RAND Arroyo Center on an exploration and assessment of the ability to insert mechanized forces in enemy-controlled terrain. Specifically investigated was the use of tilt-rotor aircraft for vertical envelopment concepts, with particular emphasis on survivability implications and the potential enabling role that technology can play."--Page iii.