Combat readiness

Royal Canadian Air Force alert crew at Zweibrücken Air Base in West Germany waiting to scramble in 1957

Combat readiness is a condition of the armed forces and their constituent units and formations, warships, aircraft, weapon systems or other military technology and equipment to perform during combat military operations,^[1] or functions consistent with the purpose for which they are organized or designed, or the managing of resources and personnel training in preparation for combat.^[2]

Different armed forces maintain different levels of readiness for the troops to engage in combat, varying from minutes to months; economic considerations are a major factor in explaining the variation.^[3]

^ Kruys, Archived from the original on November 9, 2010, on the Wayback Machine.
^ Andrews & Shambo, p. 2
^ Jordan, pp. 2–3

[1] Kruys, Archived from the original on November 9, 2010, on the Wayback Machine.

[2] Andrews & Shambo, p. 2

[3] Jordan, pp. 2–3

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