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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Suggested Reading." National Research Council. 2009. Sensing and Supporting Communications Capabilities for Special Operations Forces: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12630.
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Appendix C Suggested Reading Bowden, Mark. Killing Pablo. 2001. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN: 0871137836. DSB. The Future of the Global Positioning System. 2005. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. DSB. Defense Biometrics Report. 2007. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. DSB (Defense Science Board). 2008. Joint Defense Science Board and Intelligence Science Board Task Force on Integrating Sensor-Collected Intelligence. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. NRC. 2004. Army Science and Technology for Homeland Defense: C4ISR. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. Available from http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11053. NRC. 2004. Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: Interim Report. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. Available from http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11032. NRC. 2005. C4ISR for Future Naval Strike Groups. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. NRC. 2005. The Navy’s Needs in Space for Providing Future Capabilities. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. NRC. 2007. Distributed Remote Sensing for Naval Undersea Warfare: Abbreviated Version. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. Available from http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11927. NRC (National Research Council). 2009 (in press). Toward a Universal Radio Frequency System for Special Operations Forces: Abbreviated Report. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. 14

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Among its key responsibilities, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) plans and synchronizes operations against terrorist networks. At any given moment, SOF are likely to be engaged in some state of the planning or execution of special operations in many countries around the world, spanning a wide range of environments and mission. SOF therefore must be capable of operating in environments ranging from tropical jungle to arctic, maritime to desert, subterranean to mountainous, and rural to urban. Within this vast range additional factors may influence technical and operational requirements including weather, topography, bathymetry, geology, flora, fauna, and human population density. All of these factors must be weighed in terms of the challenges they pose to supporting communications and operational security. In short, SOF must maintain the capability to operate globally, in any environment, angainst any threats that can be countered by its unique capabilities.

Sensing and Supporting Communications Capabilities for Special Operations Forces focuses primarily on the key core SOF task of special reconnaissance, to determine SOF-specific sensing and supporting communications needs and mapping them to existing and emerging technologies. The book discusses preliminary observations, issuees, and challenges, and identifies additional capabilities and technology areas that should be addressed.

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