Intelligence After Next: Ensuring Decision Advantage on the Future Battlefield - Intelligence at the Speed of Hypersonic Warfare
Abstract
The speed of combat continues to increase, with hypersonic missiles capable of striking targets hundreds to thousands of miles away within minutes of launch. Their speed, flight profiles, and maneuverability complicate detection, and will limit both warning and reaction time, and thus a strategic or operational commanders decision window. However, these weapons are just the more visible examples of developments that will speed the pace of engagements during conflict. Automation applied by enemy forces to their command and control, targeting, deception strategy, and non-kinetic capabilities will also severely restrict U.S. commanders ability to grasp the intentions of their enemy, and to act first to seize the operational initiative. The challenge to secure decision advantage will rely largely on the ICs ability to predict an adversarys likely course of action and provide the earliest detection of those enemy activities that could rapidly alter the course of battle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 02, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1148959
Entities
People
- Joseph P. Convery
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation