The limitations of standoff firepower-based operations
Subtitle: on standoff warfare, maneuver, and decision
By: Ron Tira.
Series: Memorandum -- 89; JCSS memorandum -- no. 89.
Publisher: Institute for National Security Studies; ha-Makhon le-meḥḳere biṭaḥon leʼumi
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tel Aviv
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9789654590747
Subjects: Israel. -- Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Weapons systems; War -- Technological innovations; Effects-based operations (Military science)
Other titles: Maʻarakhah be-esh mi-neged u-mikhsheloteha
Notes: "March 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 68).

Electronic version available via the Internet.

Text in English and Hebrew, with Hebrew on inverted pages.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. The revolution in military buildup and force utilization; title: 2. The operational meaning of new technology; title: 3. Realizing the achievement: the gap between direct action and indirect leverage; title: 4. Forfeiting the tactical encounter for strategic decision; title: 5. The difficulty of creating a cognitive-strategic effect; title: 6. Managing effects-based operations; title: 7. The SFO ground force's modus ope randi and abilities; title: 8. The experience of four wars: Lebanon II, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo; title: 9. The enemy's adjustment to the concept of standoff fire; title: 10. Insights from the principles of SFO; title: Conclusion: choosing the best of all worlds.