Enabling Contact Layer Resiliency Through Complexity and Ambiguity

Abstract

America's competitors dominate maritime key terrain through calculated use of robust operations below the level of armed conflict. Adversarial forces recognize and monitor key terrestrial and maritime terrain denying friendly forces the typical operational flexibility traditionally possessed by an actor in the offensive and jeopardizing the resiliency of friendly forces. In order to maintain a high state of vigilance and control, adversarial forces must constantly and accurately discriminate vessel intentions in the world's most congested maritime and aviation environments providing friendly forces with opportunities to exploit gaps in time, space, knowledge, and access provided by allies and partners.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177395

Entities

People

  • Kristofer A. Skidmore

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Coast Guard
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deception
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Applications
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • South China Sea
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space