Strategy Flashcards
What is strategy
It is a very important plan
A blueprint
Or tactics adopted to achieve a predetermined goal
What is strategy in the context of this course
It is the way military power is used by policy makers to accomplish national interest
What is strategy according to Liddell hart
The practical adaptation of the means placed at the generals disposal to the attainment of a goal in view
Irl222 revolves around what
Military might and approaches in the attainment of a states interest
The word strategy is got in from the Athenian title called?
Strategos
What’s the meaning of strategos
General or leader or troops
It was derived from the verb what
Strategima which means to lead or command
What is contemporary strategy about
Peace
What is strategic studies
It is use of policy approach to achieve set goals within a specific time and at minimum cost
Scope of strategy
Strategy and politics
A nationalist would always pursue a
Conflictual foreign policy
Strategy and economics
Economic causes of war
Strategy and law
Intl law has a symbiotic relationship with strategy
To implement national strategy it must conform to intl codes customs and norms
Importance of strategy
It gives direction
It enhances coordination
It helps in planning
It enhances focus
How to formulate strategy
Define goals Set the objective Define the mission Implementation Evaluation
Science and technology
Explain military power
Strategic doctrine is built on?
Warfare calculations and defense
I’m strategic warfare the technology is always? While in conventional warfare the technology is?
Complex and simple
Impact of science and technology
Precision guidance
Precision guidance ammunition is used to describe a clas of bombs and artillery’s
2 improved ammunition
Improved accuracy and reliability
Eg going from Edoro 1.9 to 2.3
3.target identification and acquisition
The capacity to track targets
4.command control a communications
Improvement in collection and transmission of information
Pmg is also known as
Smart bombs
Operational research
Is the science study of operations for the purpose of making better decisions
The name has its origin where
Defence domain
Objectives of operational research
Solving operational questions
Solving decision making questions
Solving questions related to resources operations such as information and funds
Operational research is also premised on?
Planning resource allocation and optimisation
