Strategic Military Communications of the Future: Leveraging Civilian Operations

Abstract

The Department of Defense is transiting from a technology driver to a technology rider in strategic communications. Today 95 percent of all military communications travel a portion of their routing via commercial public switched networks. Early in the 21st century, a new generation of commercial systems will serve as the backbone for all military communications. This extensive leveraging of civilian technology provides tremendous efficiencies for the government. However, with the emergence of the threat of Information Warfare (IW), we must assess the strategic implications of America's reliance on civilian information infrastructures? Does this reliance pose an unacceptable risk to national security? This paper examines the broad implications of military leveraging of strategic communications. It uses the Strategic Principles of War for the 21st Century to assess the impact of this policy on military preparedness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1998
Accession Number
ADA353653

Entities

People

  • Philip S. Pritulsky

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Information Grid
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Communications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Strategic Communications
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control