TY  - BOOK
AU  - HART Russell J
TI  - Preventing fratricide: a complex problem with no easy solutions 
PY  - 2005///
KW  - FRATRICIDE
N2  - So called friendly-fire incidents continue to cause unintended death and injury. This article looks at the military aspects of fratricide (it does not cover incidents involving non-combatants and collateral damage). In addition to the immediate personal and psychological effects such incidents have wider ramifications e.g. changing the tempo of operations, affecting  political and economic dimensions of coalitions, and may also result in overly complex rules of engagement. Identifies some of the measures currently being taken to reduce the chances of fratricide but notes that the human element in combat is the one most prone to make and repeat errors
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