Command and Control Warfare: An Operational Imperative in the Information Age
Abstract
That waging successful information war is how wars will be won in the future and that the key to operational success by military forces in information war is in the strategy and target set known as Command and Control Warfare (C2W). The information age posits information war and a fundamental shift in how wars will be waged in the future. CJCS General John Shalikashvili's Joint Vision 2010: Force of the Future (JV 2010) is the mechanism used to explore information warfare at the operational level. Analyzed in depth is JV 2010's lynch pin concept of 'information superiority,' as gaining information superiority is the heart of successful information warfare. In the course of analyzing how military forces gain information superiority, the idea that all military information invariably follows a path from 'sensor to decision-maker to shooter' is developed. This "military information path" idea illuminates the specific fundamental changes and corresponding impacts on warfare in the information age. From these 'changes and impacts' comes an assessment of the military tasks to be accomplished to wage successful operational information war. This serves as a springboard into the concept of C2W.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA525174
Entities
People
- Jerome M. Lynes
Organizations
- Marine Corps War College