The Challenges of Command and Control in 2010 Counterdrug Operations

Abstract

Robust information operations through successful detection and monitoring of production, trafficking from production source to user, and infrastructure support for illegal drug supply activities must be sustained in order to achieve effective interdiction operations. This paper introduces many new technologies on the horizon of the 21st Century that will vastly improve information and interdiction operations. From these, future operational commanders will be provided an extensive set of options in order to rapidly attack or interdict key nodes of the drug cartels' operations. In order to accommodate the speed of illegal drug supply operations that will be realized in the new millennium, the current C2 structure? should be immediately reviewed and subsequently changed. This paper recommends that the leadership, organizational staffing, missions, and rules of engagement are four critical areas that should receive primary re-structuring.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363091

Entities

People

  • Steven D. Fleming

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Information Systems
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States Southern Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

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