Strategic Mobility the Force Projection Army and the Ottawa Landmine Treaty

<p>Current and emerging United States Army doctrine places great emphasis on the concepts of strategic responsiveness and force projection to meet the National Security Strategy requirements. The use or potential use of landmines significantly increases the lethality of the Army force during deterrence and combat operations and enhances survivability. In essence with the use of landmines the U.S. Army achieves an economy of force that in effect increases the U.S. Army's agility versatility and ability to deploy. Smaller more deployable Army forces such as the medium brigade and light units can generate more combat power by using the effects provided by landmines integrated with other combat systems. However in order to use landmines worldwide the U.S. must move store or reposition landmines in through or to the theater and area of operations prior to concurrently or in conjunction with the deploying Army force. Movement of forces material and equipment across international borders and into sovereign nations requires the permission of those nations or a conscious decision to violate international laws and conventions regarding sovereignty. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use Stockpiling Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and their Destruction - also known as the Ottawa Landmine Treaty - has the potential to place severe limits on the United States ability to deploy forces. The Ottawa Landmine Treaty (OLT) prohibits signatory countries from using developing producing acquiring stockpiling or transferring anti-personnel landmines. As more countries sign and ratify the OLT and create internal laws that enforce it the number of countries that will allow a force that trains plans and intends to employ anti-personnel landmines as a matter of course to enter pass through or over its sovereign territory has the potential to significantly decrease. The location national strategy and strategic alliances of non-signatory countri</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>