Terrorist Application of Operational Art

Abstract

The terrorist attacks committed by Osama bin Laden illustrate that he has developed the ability to apply operational art and network centric warfare to terrorism. He has clearly defined policy objectives on which he bases his strategy and focuses his attacks on U.S. centers of gravity and critical vulnerabilities. He develops and protects his own centers of gravity. He employs network centric warfare to multiply the effectiveness of his limited forces by dispersing them into C2, intelligence, logistics, and tactical nodes. His use of operational art makes him more dangerous than previous terrorists and exposes critical weaknesses in the United States anti-terrorism posture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401483

Entities

People

  • Marc G. Tranchemontagne

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Christianity
  • Civil Rights
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Governments
  • Homeland Defense
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies