Future Battles and the Development of Military Concepts

Abstract

This critique of the joint US Air Force/Navy Air-Sea Battle concept focuses on the likeness of this concept to the AirLand Battle concept dating from the Cold War era. The author maintains that such an approach is tied to old ways of thinking; the world has changed since the end of the Cold War and advent of the Global War on Terror. Thus, a new concept of operations is needed. L TC Lee proposes that the John Warden "5-Rings" model which treats the "enemy as a system" provides an initial construct for a new model, though he suggests a three-dimensional representation of the rings (rather than the two dimensions of Warden's theory) approach with a focus on systemic vulnerabilities. As Warden suggests, the main objective is to effect both the enemy's will and means, and as we've learned through fighting the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, winning the hearts and minds of the population is as important to winning as destroying the enemy's ability to fight.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 22, 2013
Accession Number
AD1042377

Entities

People

  • Brook Lee

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Battles
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Training
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Theoretical Analysis.