Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Design for Great Power Competition

Abstract

The U.S. military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia. This implication by the National Defense Strategy Commission stands in contrast to the past several decades during which the U.S. possessed military power without equal. Great power competition has returned, marked by Chinese and Russian malign activities occurring below the threshold of armed conflict, an area of competition called the grey zone, while they simultaneously advance warfighting capabilities with increased lethality, range, and speed. The result is the potentially significant erosion of the military advantage possessed by the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 2020
Accession Number
AD1114211

Entities

People

  • Nishawn S. Smagh

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Congress
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Defense Systems
  • Gray Zone
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Reconnaissance
  • Space Force
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Surveillance
  • Teamwork
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.