Application of Artificial Intelligence to Tactical Operations,
Abstract
If a next world war is fought, the best use of knowledge, not only facts, will be as determinant to victory as was the use of Ultra in WW II. The United States had best have supremacy in the high-technology area, especially with regard to the high-speed heuristic handling of data and specifically using data to develop knowledge - to develop intelligence. Numerical superiority in weapons and manpower will enable enemy forces to deploy along the entire border and at the same time to concentrate major combat power for breakthrough operations in the area and at the time of their choice. The biggest threat is not a ten-foot-tall enemy; the biggest threat is that NATO may lose key first battles because it has too much data. More information will be collected for the battle than ever before. Both opponents will be confronted with handling unsurpassed quantities of information to use for operational planning and intelligence. The force that can get the information needed the most and use it the best will have an advantage far more critical than numerical superiority of combat forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADP003025
Entities
People
- T. Campen