Mastering the Golden Window
In post-war and post-disaster environments, populations will give authorities a window of opportunity to make things better. There will be insufficient time to harden the indigenous infrastructure during this window, especially because it is vulnerable to the type of disruption attacks being demonstrated in Iraq. Electrical power grids are particularly vulnerable to such disruption. If SSTR forces cannot demonstrate concrete improvements during this window, then serious downstream consequences result, including:
Mastering the “golden window” requires thinking ahead and creating a platform that facilitates the rapid deployment of instant, resilient infrastructure in order to head off the development of downstream problems. It is about shaping the environment and controlling the perturbations caused by the vertical shock (whatever it was, be it a natural disaster, a war or a terrorist attack).
