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Precision conventional strike (PCS) is the practice of attacking selected targets with sufficient accuracy for high probability of kill and low collateral damage. Today's PCS weapons were developed for the primary purpose of fighting a major war against the Soviet Union. What value do they have in future military strategies? The answer to this question will help to shape the roles of these weapons in future U.S. military campaigns and will have a bearing on whether some campaigns may even be undertaken. This report identifies key objectives to which PCS weapons may contribute, assesses the applicability of currently available and programmed PCS weapons across four scenarios, and suggests priorities for future acquisition and development of PCS weapons. Existing weapons provide fairly robust capabilities against soft and semihardened fixed structures, stationary mobile targets, and some targets moving with predictable direction and speed. However, their effectiveness may be limited by weather, by availability of intelligence on targets and on routes to targets, and by enemy countermeasures such as navigation signal jamming; and, where terminal air defenses have not been suppressed and air superiority has not been established, existing weapons cannot be effectively delivered against hardened targets and armor unless stealth aircraft are employed. As a result of these limitations, PCS weapons today cannot always make major contributions to achieving campaign objectives as diverse as suppressing war-supporting infrastructure and halting invading armies. The authors drew the following two inferences about investment of system development and acquisition dollars: (1) Over the near term, system development dollars should be directed toward alleviating the limitations of weather, intelligence support, and jamming; (2) progress on new antitank weapons should be carefully monitored, because such weapons could contribute mightily to the campaign objective of halting advancing armies, and sufficient numbers should be procured as a matter of high priority.

Precision guided munitions --- World politics

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Precision guided munitions. --- Twenty-first century. --- Weapons systems --- Forecasting.

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Conflict over Convoys examines the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of Anglo-American diplomacy, deepening our understanding of Allied grand strategy, British industrial policy, and operations TORCH and OVERLORD. Failure to build and maintain enough ships to feed the people and wage war made Britain dependent upon American-built merchant ships and American logistical support, yet British strategists aspired to dominate Allied strategy, while Roosevelt mismanaged merchant shipping allocations. The resulting gap between strategic ambition and logistical reality embittered the controversy over the 'Second Front'. Victory in the Atlantic finally led to American dominance of Allied logistics diplomacy and strategy. Conflict over Convoys relates these tensions to the decline of British hegemony and the rise of the USA to global influence.

World War, 1939-1945 --- Diplomatic history --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Great Britain --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Merchant marine --- Strategy. --- Military strategy --- Military art and science --- Military doctrine --- Diplomatic history. --- Equipment and supplies. --- Arms --- Military supplies --- Munitions --- Ordnance --- Supplies --- War materials --- Weapons --- Historiography