Joint High-Tech Battlespace
Abstract
The twenty-first century will be the American century. Historical events tend to run in cycles of action and reaction, thesis and antithesis, yin and yang. Land warfare in the 21st century will be shaped by the cumulative and synergic effects of many revolutionary changes that have yet to emerge in a clear or predictable pattern, which will belong to America's Army After Next and its allies. This paper is about tomorrow and beyond tomorrow's warfare and the ways in which "Battlespace" will become the cornerstone of the near future military operations. Why "Battlespace"? "Battlespace" is an alluring term, at once both tangible and amorphous. In short, it conjures an image of fighting in exotic dimensions. The purpose of this paper is to analyze that concept, to provide some insights into the possible course of future warfare and to suggest how American and allied forces will fight. High technology redefines both thought and daily life. It also redefines war. High technology within Battlespace (understood like maximum intelligence, fire and maneuver capabilities, applied by both, friendly and enemy forces, in order to dominate the five spectrum areas-air, land, sea, space and electromagnetic field) demands Jointness. Together these three elements create the "Joint High-Tech Battlespace", a new doctrinal concept that will complete and up-date the former "Air-Land Battlefield" act at this point.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 10, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA389868
Entities
People
- Virgil Balaceanu
Organizations
- United States Army War College