Electromagnetic Spectrum Domination: 21st Century Center of Gravity or Achilles Heel
Abstract
The Army is currently embarking on a major peacetime modernization program. As the drawdown comes to a close, the Army is about half its former size and is confronted with a far more complex strategic environment. Virtually any place the Army may be employed, it will be at the end of a long. line of communication with its CONUS sustaining base. Furthermore, the Army will have to be wary of simultaneous challenges to United States interests in other theaters. As a result, the Army must be capable of quick decisive victories with minimal casualties in spite of its smaller size. In order to ensure that the Army is able to meet this standard in its future wars, the Army's leadership has set in motion a modernization plan aimed at maximizing the potential power of a smaller but more lethal army. This modernization plan places a heavy premium on the integrative technologies, (computers and communications), to get more of its forces into the fight at the right time and place and at an ever increasing operational tempo. One by-product of this plan is an increasing dependence on the electromagnetic spectrum to collect and move information on the 21st century battlefield.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 05, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA284758
Entities
People
- Michael W. Schneider
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College