Sunday, November 14, 2004

A new theory of war

The New York Time has an article on the Pentagon's network upgrade.

In it, it is claimed that "military intelligence - including secret satellite surveillance covering most of the earth - will be posted on the war net and shared with troops".


Good to know that the well-trained members of the US military will be able to take advantage of this promising new thing called the Intar-web.
[An interesting paper on friendly-fire inspired by Gulf War 1]


How will they manage the changing tension between:

1) The chain-of-command
  • Alternate instructions from the ERDC's TeleEngineering Operations Center
  • Strategic vs tactical views might impel soldiers to act in their immediate best interest (staying alive?) instead of acting to achieve strategically or tactically important objectives

2) The chain-of-reporting

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