Defense, resilience and continuity of systems
UDAF Defense examines defense as the capacity of states, communities, organizations and infrastructure to preserve critical functions under external threat, adapt to change and retain the ability to act.
Protect functions, not only assets
An asset may be damaged while the system remains operational if the critical function has redundancy, alternative routes, distributed resources and a clear recovery path.
UDAF Defense therefore approaches defense through functionality, dependencies, redundancy, adaptation, human decisions and the system’s ability to learn after disruption.
Five domains of UDAF Defense
Doctrine and policy
Defense principles, resilience models, scenarios and approaches to risk distribution.
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Technology
Unmanned, sensing, communications and autonomous capabilities as parts of a system.
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Critical infrastructure
Energy, communications, water, transport and the ability to sustain essential functions.
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Human factor
Training, decision-making, coordination, responsibility and performance under sustained load.
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Analysis and modelling
Dependencies, risks, scenarios, comparison of options and accumulation of lessons.
Analysis →From threat to functional recovery
The same logic can be applied to an energy system, communications network, community, organization or defense architecture.
Initial analysis
The initial texts are analytical and conceptual materials. They are not presented as official military doctrine or as results of field research.
Defense as preservation of critical functions
Why system resilience cannot be reduced to the physical protection of individual assets.
Read in analysis →Distribution and redundancy
How to reduce dependence on a single center, route or resource.
Read in analysis →Critical infrastructure: function before asset
Identify the essential function first, and only then its physical carriers.
Read in analysis →What UDAF Defense can test in practice
Critical Function Audit
Assessment of dependencies, redundancy and the ability to sustain a critical function.
Community Resilience Framework
A model for community readiness for prolonged disruption of energy, communications and logistics.
Distributed Energy Resilience
Architecture of distributed generation, reserves and load management.
Defense Technology Notes
Classification of technology options by function, constraints and resilience.
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