From Fog to Friction: The Impact of Network-Enabled Command and Control on Operational Leadership

Abstract

Leaders have historically grappled with the "fog of war," continually seeking ways to gain access to battlefield information deemed relevant for timely decision-making. This problem was exacerbated when leaders were forced to remove themselves from the battlefield, requiring advancements in technology to overcome operational factors of both time and space. Advances in information technology since World War I have largely conquered the problem of providing operational and strategic leaders access to the battlefield, though doing so has created additional vulnerabilities in command structure and command and control through increasing centralization and a reliance on communications systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 04, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564166

Entities

People

  • Guy M. Snodgrass

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Systems
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Psychology
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space