Technology And Command Implications For Military Operations In The Twenty First Century
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Technology And Command
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Author : William B. McClure
language : en
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Release Date : 2000
Technology And Command written by William B. McClure and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Command and control systems categories.
"The introduction of advanced technologies into the military, which is known as the "revolution in military affairs," is producing an opportunity for significant changes in the American military's paradigm for command and control. The future battlespace will require commanders to operate more efficiently and at a higher operations tempo, so that commanders will be able to use the advantages of dominant battlespace awareness to enhance what is known as "command-by-intent." But the more likely outcome is a return tocommand-by-direction. A potential consequence of this change is that significant command functions will be made by machines that act, not as an assistant, but as the decision maker and executor -- which is known as the machine commander. However, the current U.S. military doctrine is inconsistent about the admissibility of such an entity, even though technological developments are on the threshold of delivering the components for constructing the first-generation machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the traditional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. Furthermore, the same infrastructure that assists the tradiitional human commander creates a framework for using a machine commander. While resistance to this technology is expected, this is the proper time to examine the implications of a machine commander for military operations in the future."--Abstract
Directed Energy Weapons On The Battlefield
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Author : John P. Geis
language : en
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Release Date : 2003
Directed Energy Weapons On The Battlefield written by John P. Geis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Directed-energy weapons categories.
Several nations are engaging in development and production of directed energy weapons. Recent scientific advances now enable the production of lethal lasers and high-powered microwaves. The current growth and development in this emerging area strongly suggests that directed energy weapons of lethal power will reach the battlefield before 2010. Since proliferation of lower power laser weapons has already happened, it is likely that proliferation of high power or high energy weapons will occur as well. This paper expands on this development and posits potential impacts on a plausible future battlefield, developed in part from the Alternate Futures of AF 2025, where all comers deploy lethal directed energy technologies. From these impacts, which span doctrine, organization, force structure, and systems design, this paper recommends changes to better posture the United States for this potential future.
The End Of Secrecy
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Author : Beth M. Kaspar
language : en
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Release Date : 2001
The End Of Secrecy written by Beth M. Kaspar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Armed Forces and mass media categories.
"This study focuses on military competitiveness in the age of transparency, and asserts that the U.S. military must consciously prepare itself to fight in an information transparent world created by globalization. The worldwide explosion in the quantity and quality of information and products available to the general public user, the ready accessibility to the information, and the affordability in acquiring any desired data or product is creating a transparent world at an alarming rate. In the future, anyone can affordably keep tabs on the actions of everyone else. Hence, the U.S. military must consciously begin to investigate ways to maintain its military advantage in this rapidly evolving, and increasingly transparent world. It must minimize the impact transparency has on how we will fight wars and conduct contingency actions. We must not be caught by surprise. Maintaining U.S. military competitiveness will require multifaceted solutions ... This study investigates how the U.S. can retain its military advantage in the coming age of transparency. The inevitable economic presure of the "web," or more generall information e-commerce, is advancing the rate of global transparency...
Space Based Global Strike
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Author : Larry G. Sills
language : en
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Release Date : 2001
Space Based Global Strike written by Larry G. Sills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Astronautics, Military categories.
The purpose of this study is to examine the concept of prompt space-based global strikes. In order to contribute to the debate about its potential benefits and problems, this study addresses the effects of cultural mindsets and institutional preferences on decisions about future military strategy and forces. It examines how prompt precision strikes through space could provide an important set of options in future crises that are beyond the capabilities of current U, S military forces.
Weapons For Strategic Effect
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Author : Colin S. Gray
language : en
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Release Date : 2001
Weapons For Strategic Effect written by Colin S. Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Strategy categories.
Mission Command In The 21st Century
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Author : Nathan K. Finney
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-03
Mission Command In The 21st Century written by Nathan K. Finney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03 with Command of troops categories.
Homeland Security And The Coast Guard
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Author : Arthur C. Walsh
language : en
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Release Date : 2003
Homeland Security And The Coast Guard written by Arthur C. Walsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Coast defenses categories.
The Coast Guard was effectively positioned to accomplish its missions and functions before the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The terrorist attacks reshaped the United States national security strategy, and this caused the Coast Guard to reprioritize its mission requirements elevating Homeland Security to be on par with the Coast Guard's number one priority, search and rescue operations. To effectively carry out the Homeland Security mission, the Coast Guard must leverage existing and developing technologies. These technologies will improve efficiency across the full spectrum of Coast Guard missions. While these technologies are not cheap; costs for research, development, and application can be greatly reduced by partnering with other agencies. To leverage these technologies to improve Homeland Security effectiveness, a process for evaluating and infusing emerging technology within the Coast Guard must be developed. This process must then be institutionalized within the Coast Guard's corporate structure.
The Engineer
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language : en
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Release Date : 2000
The Engineer written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Military engineering categories.
Infrared Systems For Tactical Aviation
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Author : George B. Hept
language : en
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Release Date : 2002
Infrared Systems For Tactical Aviation written by George B. Hept and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Infrared equipment categories.
Evolutionary development is based on using continuous experimentation and adaptation in changing circumstances to reward success, while allowing, but eventually eliminating, failure, Since this approach is agile, flexible, quick reacting, and thrives on change, it contrasts with strategic planning in which systems are developed in a planned and orderly fashion to meet future requirements. A planned system is rigid, slow to react, and resists or ignores change, which contrasts with how the military traditionally develops weapon systems. One word that distinguishes between evolutionary and planned development is "chaos." Chaos, like risk, is unavoidable, and hence should be managed rather than avoided. Indeed, a certain degree of chaos is desirable because it generates the necessary set of adaptations and ideas that can eventually be "selected" for evolutionary improvement. The Darwinian concept of "survival of the fittest" can be applied to ideas, systems, and organizations that seek to maintain a competitive advantage.
Precision Engagement At The Strategic Level Of War
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Author : Timothy J. Sakulich
language : en
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Release Date : 2001
Precision Engagement At The Strategic Level Of War written by Timothy J. Sakulich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Military doctrine categories.
"Air Force basic doctrine asserts that the precise application of force can reliably generate desired, discriminate effects at the strategic level of war. A deconstruction of that assertion reveals three necessary assumptions: the ability to clearly define desired discriminate effects at the strategic level of war, the ability to trace the desired discriminate effects back to a triggering action, and the ability to ensure that the actual effects generated by the triggering action are only the discriminate ones being sought. This paper presents evidence that these assumptions suffer from important conceptual weaknesses that are amplified when examined from the perspective of nonlinear and complex systems. Further evidence suggests that technological fixes are not likely to resolve these weaknesses nor produce the strategic efficiencies implied by the doctrinal concept. In fact, such fixes could increase the potential for small errors to combine in unexpected ways to create a system accident, where outcomes diverge in significant and undesirable ways from the intended discriminate strategic effect. This paper cautions against using the term "precision" in ways that imply congruency between technology and war, and recommends that doctrine clearly differentiate technical exactness from strategic correctness. It concludes that effect-based approaches can foreclose adversary option sets with far more reliability than compelling specific, predetermined behaviors, and it emphasizes the need to ensure that adaptation remains a fundamental feature of any effects-based concept."--Abstract.