Abstract. This paper explores the strategic consequences of networking a military
force under the assumption that such networking would deliver the
combat power increases claimed for them by the Network Centric
Warfare doctrine. Because of the large difference in combat power
likely to exist under this assumption between networked and non-networked
forces, such an exploration requires non-linear models of war in
which the protagonists adapt their behaviour to the vagaries of
the ongoing battle. We show that even the simplest model
able to account for adaptation displays the ability of a
networked force to terminate the combat phase of war in
relatively short order, but find that termination of combat does
not lead to victory unless the surviving enemy force is
rendered inert by other means than combat.
Related topics:
Network centric warfare, command systems
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