| A Survey of NATO Defense Concepts |
JUN 1982 |
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| Authors:
R. Levine; T. T. Connors; M. G. Weiner; R. A. Wise; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | As part of a larger study, a survey was conducted of articles and papers that have proposed new or different concepts for the defense of NATO. Each article was read for the author's view on three topics: Why a change is needed in NATO's current defense concepts or capabilities; what the main tenets of the author's proposed concepts are; and how the concept is supposed to work. This Note presents ... |
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| A Model of Vehicle Activity in the Warsaw Pact Tactical Rear during a Conventional Attack against NATO. |
SEP 1980 |
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| Authors:
R. A. Wise; R. L. Blachly; T. T. Connors; C. B. East; J. R. Hiland; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| A synthetic history of vehicular activity in the rear area of a Soviet tank army during a 5-day offensive against U.S. V Corps is developed and described. This history consists of detailed records of 2088 movement events involving 11,266 vehicles. Vehicles are identified in terms of 15 types. The record of each event includes the location of its origin and destination with respect to the FEBA, its departure and arrival ... |
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| The Potential of Indigenous Energy Resources for Remote Military Bases. |
MAR 1976 |
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| Authors:
T. T. Connors; P. F. Morrison; c. c. mow; R. G. Salter; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
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| An examination of the potential of solar radiation, wind, and ocean waves to provide thermal and electrical power to standard remote military bases. Sufficient energy is shown to be available in the North Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, and the Caribbean to satisfy average remote base power requirements. A survey of indigenous energy technologies indicates that considerable research is needed to bring wave power recovery up to the level of ... |
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| AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF CRUDE OIL, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE MIDDLE EAST, |
OCT 1969 |
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| Authors:
T. T. Connors; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
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| This paper describes the basic nature of crude oil transportation, its technology, worldwide pattern, and future. It gives special emphasis to the movement of crude oil between the Middle East and Western Europe because of the critical supply-and-demand relationships existing between the two regions; further, it underscores the growth of both the crude oil tanker and crude oil pipelines, and the effect that this growth will have on the future ... |
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| THE RAND CORPORATION AS A SOURCE OF RESEARCH, GEOGRAPHIC AND OTHERWISE, |
OCT 1968 |
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| Authors:
T. T. Connors; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
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| The document describes the Rand Corporation, its origin and development, its structure, the kind of research currently being undertaken and scientific personnel, including geographers, employed. Titles of its publications and future studies are given. |
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