Sun Tzu: The Art of Network Centric Warfare
Abstract
To meet the challenges of the future, the United States must have a strategy to ensure the joint force of tomorrow will be able to achieve full spectrum dominance. Joint Vision 2020 (JV2020) provides the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff's vision of 21st century military operations and describes America's future military capability objectives. As our long-term objectives are evolving, however, so is our ability, from a technological and organizational perspective, to meet those objectives. Network Centric Warfare (NCW) provides the potential for significantly enhanced resources and instruments through which these objectives can be achieved. However, organizations (especially military organizations) often find it difficult to translate radically new resources into required capabilities. For this, we need a roadmap linking the development of future capabilities to future objectives. Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military philosopher, provides this necessary linkage. This paper examines the realization of JV2020 future military capability objectives (ends) by using Sun Tzu's timeless warfighting principles (ways) to guide the use of evolving NCW technologies and organizations (means).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA389680
Entities
People
- Bobbie L. Randall
Organizations
- United States Army War College