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Asymmetric Warfare
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Asymmetric Warfare
Major Patrick Walker, U.S. Army
10/22/13
IED Innovations
So What is AW?
More Armor?
More Bomb.
Initiation:
- Command Det
- Wired
- Wireless
- Time Fuse
- Victim Operated
- Pressure Plate
- Trip Wire
- Infrared (garage-door opener, etc)
- Thermal Signature
- etc, etc, etc....
- Asymmetric Warfare can be summarized by military conflict between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly.
- Colloquial Synonyms: "Insurgency", "Guerrilla Tactics", "Terrorism", etc
- So why is this significant to our national interests?
Charge
- Artillery Shells
- HME
- Re-purposed Material (Fertilizer, etc)
- Explosive Formed Charge (EFP's)
Delivery:
- Person (PBIED)
- Vehicle (VBIED)
- House (HBIED)
- Emplaced
- Animal Carcass
etc...
Case In Point: 9/11
C-IED Innovations
- Jammers
- Radar
- Metal Detectors
- Enhanced Optics
- Bigger Trucks (MRAPs)
- Field Expedient Fixes
- Etc, etc.....
Cost to America: $3.3 Trillion (as of 2011)
- Physical Infrastructure: $55 Billion
- Economic Impact: $123 Billion
- Homeland Security: $589 Billion
- War Funding: $1,649 Billion
- Future War / Vets Care: $867 Billion
Cost to Al Qaeda: $500,000 USD
Return on Investment: $6.6 Million : $1
In Loving Memory
CPT Joe Schultz
KIA: May 29, 2011
Wardak, Afghanistan
CPT Jon Grassbaugh
KIA: April 7, 2007
Zanganiyah, Iraq
SFC Marty Apolinar
KIA: May 29, 2011
Wardak, Afghanistan
De Oppresso Libre!
Contemporary AW Applications
(An Introduction to IEDs)
The Cost (for us)
A good day in SF...
The Human Toll (US Service Members ONLY) in Iraq and Afghanistan:
- Total KIA: 6,744 (Estimated from IEDs: 2,531)
- Total WIA: 38,302 (Estimated from IEDs: 24,896)
Improvised Explosive Devices
- Why "IEDs"?
- History Dates Back to June, 1865, "Battle of Petersburg"
IEDs
The Cost in $$$
God Bless Our Fallen Heroes.
Let's Throw Money at the Problem:
JIEDDO: $18 Billion (and counting)
MRAPs: $40 Billion (and counting)
IEDs
I'll take luck over skill, any day....
The Cost (for them)
Basic IED Components:
- Initiator
- Fuse
- Main Charge
Fabrication Cost
Occupational Hazards
Car Battery: $6.00
Wire: $1.00
Tape: $1.00
Saw Blades: $3.00
Ammonium Nitrate: $160.00, for a 50 kilo bag
-or-
Potassium Chlorate: $48.00, for a 50 kilo bag
A 300+ Pound IED: $155-$491
(Average IED Cost: $265)