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Enhanced Army Airborne Forces: A New Joint Operational Capability
Enhanced Army Airborne Forces A New Joint Operational Capability Author:John Gordon IV, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, David A. Shlapak, Caroline Baxter, Scott Boston, Michael McGee, Todd Nichols, Elizabeth Tencza : A RAND research team examined options to increase the mobility, protection, and firepower of Army airborne forces, given likely future missions and threats, and identified a concept for enhancing today?s forces by adding a light armored infantry capability. This report examines the numbers and types of vehicles that would be needed to create a... more »n airborne light armored force that could be airdropped or air-landed from Air Force transport planes.« less