Military Transformation for Warfare in the 21st Century: Balancing Implications of Urban Operations and Emerging Joint Operational Concepts
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to propose solutions for two major challenges facing not just the Army, but also the military in conducting twenty-first century warfare. The first challenge is to dominate military operations across the spectrum of conflict in complex urban environments against varying adversaries. The second challenge is to define requirements for a joint operational concept that integrates service tactical capabilities and competencies into a fully interoperable joint force. The challenge of urban warfare currently focuses on a complex, close, ground maneuver tactical fight. The joint operational concept challenge orients on how to integrate long range precision fires with Service tactical capabilities to create a fully interoperable joint force. Current joint operational concepts rely heavily on information for control and surveillance to develop intelligence and employ precision fires while minimizing ground maneuver. The current approaches to solving these challenges pose divergent operational concepts. Service focus at the tactical fringe of the urban challenge with no consensus on a joint operational concept risks dramatically different evolutionary solutions that intensify the chasm between precision fires and ground maneuver. The potential success in combining and solving these challenges can have even larger affects on full spectrum dominance for JV 2020.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA401679
Entities
People
- Charles L. Taylor
Organizations
- United States Army War College