for an eu military crisis management operation case study
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UAV Supportfor an EU Military Crisis Management Operation
Case study: EUFOR Tchad/RCA
Captain (Navy) Gustav ÖllerEUFOR Tchad/RCAOHQ Assistant Chief Of Staff for Intelligence
UAV Launch in Forchana
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• Geographical Considerations• ISR Assets of an operation• UAV Capability• Examples of mission results• Concluding observations and
recommendations
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Geographical Considerations
EUROPE/CHAD
250 km
850 km
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SUDANNIGER
NIGERIACENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CAMEROON
CHAD
LIBYA
N’Djamena
BanguiDouala
Birao
Abeche
Benghazi
Goz Beida
Iriba
DARFUR
Tripoli
SUDANSUDANNIGER
NIGERIACENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CAMEROON
CHAD
LIBYA
N’Djamena
BanguiDouala
Birao
Abeche
Benghazi
Goz Beida
Iriba
DARFUR
Tripoli
SUDAN
EUFOR Tchad/RCAArea of Operations
- ca. 265.000 km²-ca. 250 (E-W) x
850 (N-S) km
770 km
2000 km
2000 km
Geographical Considerations
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IMAGERY INTELLIGENCEIMAGERY INTELLIGENCE
LONG RANGE RECCE & LONG RANGE RECCE & SCOUT PLATOONSCOUT PLATOON
AIR RECOINNASSANCEAIR RECOINNASSANCEHUMINTHUMINT
Force HQ
All SourceFusion & Analysis
IMINT (Sat)- EUSC- HELIOS 2
SPECIAL FORCES SPECIAL FORCES RECOINNASSANCERECOINNASSANCE
UAVUAVUAV
Orbiter
Mirage F1UAV CL-289 Gazelle Viviane
Main ISR Assets(Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
BATALLIONBATALLIONRECOINNASSANCE RECOINNASSANCE
UAVOrbiter
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UAV Coveragefrom Birao
UAV Coveragefrom Forchana
UAV Coveragefrom Goz Beida
French CL 289 UAV- unitUnit- 37 pax, needs Force ProtectionMissions- 400 km & 40 minutes mission- Preparation against predefined targets 1 h- 2 drones simultaneously (launched w 20 min interval)- Pictures processed after return from mission
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No village burnt-1 trench -- 1 trench underconstruction- 7 merlons- 15 Pick ups- 39 tents
UAV mission 26 JAN 09
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4 destroyed villages detected- 215 huts burnt
- 3 huts in good conditions
UAV mission 27 JAN 09
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3 villages detected with huts burnt101 huts burnt, 27 huts under construction
UAV mission 28 JAN 09
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Imagery sensors Human sensors National contributions
500 files 500 filesMirage F1 UAV CL-289 Gazelle Viviane HUMINT teams Special Forces Battalions
Complementary Sensors & Sources
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• Monitoring and Surveillance of Areas and Movements
• Rebels, military forces, pirates, etc.• IDPs & Refugees and their camps
• Collection of geographical supporting information
• Villages and their infrastructure • Accessibility and traffic ability of terrain and roads
• Complementary, Confirming and Verifiable information
Conclusions - 1
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• Airborne sensors an essential part of both military and civilian CSDP-missions today
• Flexible and Responsive, Quick Reaction asset
• Enables Intelligence Driven Operations
• Room for improvement in use of already available capabilities
• CSDP-Operations and missions can use also commercial (non-military) airborne capabilities
Conclusions - 2
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