Operational Art in a Multi-Medium Environment

Abstract

This monograph examines the conduct of war at the operational level in a multi-medium environment to determine what functions must be successfully accomplished in order to win. The monograph is based on the fact that warfare is currently conducted in at least six mediums: land, sea, air, psychological, space, and electro-optical. The first portion of the monograph develops the multi-medium environment in which the operational art is conducted. It then uses the history of campaigns since 1940 to determine the attributes of warfare in the multi-medium environment. Those attributes are synergism, flexibility, precision, and elasticity. The separate theories of war that apply to each medium are then examined to find common functions that apply across all six mediums. The common functions of control, power projection, and power multiplication (CPM) are then combined to build a model for the application of operational art in a multi-medium environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1990
Accession Number
ADA235126

Entities

People

  • James K. Greer

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Land Warfare
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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Technology Areas

  • Space