Interdependent Maneuver for the 21st Century

Abstract

Virtually all intelligence and operational estimates suggest that war in the 21st century will require interdependence among land, sea, and aerospace systems. The services report that precision weapons will so expand the range and capabilities of systems that the tactical deadly zone, once a few hundred meters, could extend beyond 200 kilometers by 2020. Operational exclusion zones, designed to deny access to land, sea, and aerospace forces, might reach 2,000 kilometers. Each is likely to be flooded with an admixture of technologically sophisticated and relatively crude precision and area-fire weapons (including weapons of mass destruction) linked by communication systems from state-of-the-art to the relatively primitive. At the same time, a dynamic strategic environment will add missions and responsibilities. Thus service interdependence will be necessary at the low and high ends of the conflict spectrum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA527166

Entities

People

  • Autulio J. Echevarria Ii

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Civil War
  • Communication Systems
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Maneuvers
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Space Systems
  • Strategic Bombing
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris