MOEs for Drug Interdiction: Simple Tests Expose Critical Flaws

This research memorandum seeks criteria for evaluating interdiction operations against illegal drugs flowing into the U.S. Six candidate Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) are subjected to a structured assessment process that tests them for key attributes. All six evaluate real-world operations. Some of the MOEs are shown to have potential for evaluating hypothetical operations explored through war games, exercises, and simulations. The assessment process, itself, offers a ready-made standard for testing additional candidate MOEs.