DROP ZONE: Success in Multi-Domain Battle relies on Mission Command
As the future battlefield continues to be debated, a topic of conversation is the role of Mission Command in Multi-Domain Battle.
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Drop Zone: Modernizing ISR C2
The forthcoming series of articles explores a future ISR C2 realm centered on multi-domain speed, agility, and flexibility enabled by a multi-domain maneuver concept of operations.
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Drop Zone: Reconsidering Risk in National Security
International security is a high-stakes competition in which risk is a central and constant factor. The changes taking place across
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Drop Zone: What’s in a Name? Redefining Drones in the Professional Lexicon
Even though the originators of the drone did not envision the use of pilots to remotely control them the way we do today, there is a need to reshape the debate due to current rhetoric surrounding their use. The DoD and various intellectual leaders in policy and academia need to provide more nuance in what drones actually do in war and in non-war operations.
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DROP ZONE: Restoring a Sacred Promise
The heroic reputation of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Airmen is well earned and well known. At some point, however, even the most august group of warriors become limited when the tools and concepts they employ are no longer adequate to the new challenges of an evolving multi-domain battlespace.
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DROP ZONE: The Combat Cloud and Multinational Partnerships
Next week, OTH will postulate why combat cloud has to be built as a coalition system, as well as probe how this new MDC2 system may apply across the range of military operations, while protecting information security from increasingly capable cyber threats.
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DROP ZONE: The Future Air Force
Next week, Over the Horizon will offer two posts that seek to guide leaders in developing strategy and culture within a domain.
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DROP ZONE: The Human Domain
Multiple dilemmas are not merely to place an adversary at risk, but also to force a specific set of decisions by enemy leaders. The US must outmaneuver our adversaries in the human domain.
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DROP ZONE: Logistics in Multi-Domain Operations
Over the Horizon is excited to announce a series of collaborations with experts from partner nations!
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DROP ZONE: The Cost of a Secret?
What is the value of keeping information classified?
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DROP ZONE: Decision Making
Innovation continues the quest to provide more perfect information and decrease the risk of making an incorrect decision.
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DROP ZONE: Multi-Domain C2
Next week, OTH looks at multi-domain command and control as well as how energy can be leverage as an instrument of national power.
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DROP ZONE: Joint Command and Control
Our Services need to mature and lead the drive to Jointness, both across the DOD and the complex American alliance system
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Drop Zone: Multi-Domain Operations and the Joint Force
During the next two weeks, OTH will offer several articles to discuss the overall mindset and scope of multi-domain operations.
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DROP ZONE: Climate Change and the Impact on Operations
Next week in “Climate Change, Multi-Domain Risk, and the Complexity of Interagency Science Policy” OTH Senior Editor Mark Nexon interviews Dr. April Melvin.
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DROP ZONE: Looking Backwards in Order to Look Forwards
History may not easily divulge its true lessons. But by objectively analyzing past wars, we can begin to see the commonalities that commanders can exploit to achieve success.
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DROP ZONE: A Cultural Crossroads: Shaping Military Cyber Operations Culture
Organizational culture is central to how a group performs … or fails to. It sets group norms, expectations, and values
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DROP ZONE: Time to Revisit Nuclear Deterrence Strategy?
US nuclear deterrence strategy must be revised to fit the nature of future conflicts. More coming next week.
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DROP ZONE: The Future of Tactical Airlift
The joint operating environment will undergo many changes in the next 10-20 years. The proliferation of disruptive technology will further
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DROP ZONE: Naval Information Warfare in Multi-Domain Operations
The Defense community is only at the beginning of developing a common understanding and vision for multi-domain operations and strategy. Join us Monday for a special interview with VADM Tighe.
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DROP ZONE: Reflexive Control in Modern Warfare
Reflexive control is a term that has recently surfaced as a description of Russian strategic and operational planning and goals. However, as a concept it has been around for ages. More coming on Monday.
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DROP ZONE: Effective Use of National Instruments of Power
The lesson will be learned the hard way if the US does not take action to better synchronize the efforts of government-at-large.
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