Command Coordination and Tactical Effectiveness in Counter-insurgency Operations: Lessons from the South Korean Campaign

This article analyzes the causes of combat effectiveness of the South Korean security forces through the course of its various counter-insurgency (COIN) operations from 1948 to 1953. We argue that improvements in two interrelated aspects ultimately resulted in higher operational and tactical level performance: unified operational command structure and the subsequent improvements in tactical efficiency under the guidance of the US advisory mission. Through an in-depth case study on how a nascent army improved its capacity in combating homegrown insurgencies, we demonstrate how the actual conduct of operations itself remains just as significant in the assessment of overall COIN outcomes.     

陆航部队直升机武器系统效能评估研究

陆航部队直升机武器系统效能评估是直升机研制和使用的重要依据,是联合作战指挥的重要参考。本文论述直升机武器系统效能评估的基本内涵和一般步骤,从武器系统、态势感知、指挥控制及HUMS系统等方面对直升机武器系统效能评估的对象和目的进行分析,研究构建效能指标体系的一般过程,总结直升机武器系统效能评估的方法。     

Effective in battle: conceptualizing soldiers’ combat effectiveness*

How do we understand combat effectiveness – soldiers’ performance in battle? Despite the broad consensus that understanding combat effectiveness is important both for scholars and policymakers, there is widespread disagreement about what combat effectiveness is. More specifically, studies of effectiveness tend to focus on either the skill of soldiers in battle, or their will to fight. Yet both skill and will are essential components of an effective fighting force. This article argues that understanding combat effectiveness requires understanding both of these key components of effectiveness. In other words, combat effectiveness requires both the skill and will to engage the enemy in an organized manner. It then demonstrates the usefulness of this conceptualization by applying it to the cases of British, Indian, and Australian forces fighting the Japanese during the Second World War. Only when scholars are talking about the same concept will our understanding of the conditions under which militaries are effective in battle progress. By comparing different units fighting the same opponent under the same material conditions, I demonstrate that units vary both in their combat skill and their will to fight, and that understanding their effectiveness in battle requires analyzing both of these key factors.     

Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness,ownership, and resistance

ABSTRACT

Since the early 2000s, the “local turn” has thoroughly transformed the field of peacebuilding. The European Union (EU) policy discourse on peacebuilding has also aligned with this trend, with an increasing number of EU policy statements insisting on the importance of “the local.” However, most studies on EU peacebuilding still adopt a top-down approach and focus on institutions, capabilities, and decision-making at the EU level. This special issue contributes to the literature by focusing on bottom-up and local dynamics of EU peacebuilding. After outlining the rationale and the scope of the special issue, this article discusses the local turn in international peacebuilding and identifies several interrelated concepts relevant to theorizing the role of the local, specifically those of effectiveness, ownership, and resistance. In the conclusion, we summarize the key contributions of this special issue and suggest some avenues for further research.     

Revisiting the justification for an all-volunteer force

In 1968, President Nixon established the Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force, or the Gates Commission, which served as the impetus and justification for an All-Volunteer Force (AVF). At the end of its deliberations, the commission recommended abolishing the draft and transforming the U.S. military into a force of volunteers beginning in 1973. Interestingly, the debate regarding the merits of both systems appeared to be largely economic – with cost–benefit analysis playing the primary role. Lately, we are beginning to see a new, politically-motivated impetus for returning to a “system of national service.” The ideas spurring this debate are many: the need to reaffirm the nation state, the commitment of citizens to the state, political ownership and oversight of the forces, the need for social equity in serving the nation, limiting the support for armed conflict by burden-sharing among citizens, and equitably spreading the personal cost of war.     

思想道德修养与法律基础课应把握的三个环节

提升《思想道德修养与法律基础》课的教学效果,应注重从三个环节入手。一是把握备课环节,实现教学的统一性;二是注重反馈环节,增强教学的主动性;三是强化实践环节,增强学生的自觉性。     

某高炮武器系统作战效能评估

某高炮武器系统是我军近几年装备的一种性能优良、技术先进的新型防空武器系统,在反空袭作战中将发挥重要的作用,计算该系统的作战效能具有重要的军事价值和现实意义。建立了计算高炮武器系统对空中目标毁歼概率的数学模型,给出了作战效能评估的数学公式,分别计算了某高炮武器系统用X波段雷达、Ka波段雷达、电视激光方式工作时的作战效能。     

战时装备维修保障效能及评估指标体系研究

分析了装备维修保障效能的定义、与维修保障能力的区别以及度量方法;在此基础上,依据装备维修保障效能评估指标体系的构建思路和构建原则,建立了战时装备维修保障效能评估指标体系。该指标体系是基于任务的动态指标,能够反映战时装备维修保障效能,可操作性强,可以为战时装备维修保障系统的仿真评估提供可靠依据。     

基于ADC模型的某雷达干扰系统效能分析

某雷达干扰系统在执行任务中存在两种工作模式.针对不同的工作模式,在ADC模型的基础上分别建立了贴近实战的效能分析模型.在主要工作模式中,考虑了战场环境中电子干扰因素对效能的影响,引入了系统抗干扰系数;在辅助工作模式中,还考虑了系统协同好坏对效能的影响,引入了系统协同系数.最后通过实例及相应的仿真,分析了两种系数对效能的影响.     

多管炮效能定律的发现及多管因子公式研究

针对目前多管武器毁伤效能计算中存在的问题进行深入细致的研究,发现了多管炮效能第一、第二定律,根据定律,猜想并推导出了多管因子的计算公式.并对公式计算数据和传统经验数据进行对比分析,发现在管数小于24时,两者误差不超过3%,公式计算取得了较好的效果.研究成果同时扩充了传统多管因子的经验数据,并对24管以上多管武器效能的研究提供了理论依据和参考.