ADVANCEMENTS IN COMN TECH AND THEIR RELEVANCE AND C2 IMPACT ON DOCTRINE

AND CONCEPT.

WAR IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH TWO

SETS OF ACTIVITIES - THE DELIVERY OF ENERGY AND

COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION-NORMAN DIXON

(PSYCHOLOGY OF MIL

INCOMPETENCE)

WHAT ARE THE LATEST IN COMN TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE AVAILABLE

TODAY ?

THE LATEST AVAILABLE IN COMN TECHNOLOGY

• GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM(GPS) • SATELLITE COMN AND SVL• FIBRE OPTIC COMMUNICATION• DIRECT BROADCASTING SATL• INTERNET ACCESS• SENSORS• NETWORKS• VOICE RECOGNITION

CONTD/-

• FAX, SCANNERS, NOTEBOOKS• WIRELESS IN LOCAL LOOP• E-MAIL• PAGER• CELLULAR• VIDEO CONFERENCING• VIRTUAL REALITY• ROBOTICS

IMPACT OF COMN TECHNOLOGY ON ARMY

-HRD

-ORG

IMPACT OF COMN AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVP

• CHANGE OF MINDSET, SOFTWARE SOLDIERS.

• SOLDIER HAS TO BE WELL EDUCATED, INTELLIGENT, HIGH QUALITY.

• HIERARCHICAL VS NETWORK ORG. ARE WE READY FOR REDUCTION OF LAYER(S), SAY ABOLISHMENT OF CORPS HQ WITH DIVS COMING DIRECTLY UNDER THEATRE COMD.

IN WHICH AREASWOULD

IMPROVEMENTS IN WAR FIGHTING

BE VISIBLE DUE TO THE AVAILABLE

TECHNOLOGY ?

IMPROVEMENTS IN WAR FIGHTING WITH AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

• SPEED UP THE DECISION MAKING CYCLE BY PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTING INFO MORE QUICKLY.

• INFO IS FORCE MULTIPLIER. IT ALLOWS EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF SCARCE ASSETS AND IMPROVES TARGET ACQUISTION.

• CONTD/-

• NEW SYSTEMS PROVIDE MORE COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF EN HARDWARE, TROOP CONCENTRATION, ENVIRONMENT, TRN. DENY SAME TO EN.

• INCREASED FLEXIBILITY AND AGILITY OF FIRE POWER.

• CONTD/-

• REAL TIME INFO ON TP AND FORCE MOV PERMITS RAPID AND EFFECTIVE OFFENSIVE OR DEF MEASURES.

• IW TECHNIQUES SP INFO ATTACKS ON POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURES.

WHAT TOOLSCOULD BE PROVIDED

TO THE CDRS AND STAFF OF

THE 21ST CENTURY ?

CDRS AND STAFF WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH FOLLOWING:-

• INTRANETS

• E-MAIL

• DIRECT BROADCASTING SATL.

• TAC INTERNET CAPABILITY WITH DIRECT COMN AMONG AND BETWEEN ALL USERS

• CONTD/-

*• IMAGE COMPRESSION AND TXN

TECHNOLOGIES WILL TFR IMAGES AND VIDEOS FROM SENSORS AND WPN PLATFORM

• MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY WILL GIVE THREE DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION OF IMAGERY AND GRAPHICS

• ECONOMY OF MANPOWER

I

• NETWORK CENTRIC COMNS

• SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS

• AUTOMATED INFO HANDLING

• INTEGRATION OF RADIO WITH NETWORK

WHAT FEATURES

WOULD

A FUTURE OPS ROOM

HAVE ?

A FUTURE OPS ROOM

• PAPERLESS OPS ROOM.

• DATA FUSION, No OF SERVERS MAINT BY RESPECTIVE BRANCHES & STAFF.

• HYPERTEXT, CLICK ON THE WORD AND GAIN ACCESS TO MORE INFO.

• VIRTUAL REALITY.

• HUMAN COMPTR RESPONSE. INTRODUC- TION OF SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS.

• TELEPRESENCE, REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICES, ROBOTS.

WHAT DO YOU FEEL MIGHT BECOME

STUMBLING BLOCKS DUE TO

ADVANCEMENT IN COMN TECHNOLOGY ?

PROBLEM AREAS DUE TO ADV COMN TECH

• DISRUPTING CHAIN OF COMD.• STIFLING OF INITIATIVE IN SUBORDINATES. • DATA OVERLOAD.

• PARALYSIS OF ANALYSIS. CDRS TEND TO WAIT FOR THE FINAL PIECE OF INT … THAT NEVER COMES.

• CONTD/-

• INCREASED VULNERABILITY AS COMMERCIAL AND MIL COMN NETWORKS ARE INTERDEPENDENT.

• TECHNOLOGY GAP CAN BE CLOSED BY EN SUDDENLY.

• WHAT IS BETTER? LARGER FORCE WITH LOWER TECH (SPECIALLY WITH ONGOING LICO IN NORTH & NE) OR SMALLER WITH ADV SYSTEMS. FORMER EXPENSIVE IN TERMS OF MAINT, SMALLER COSTS MORE TO PROCURE.

• POSSESSION OF SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT ENSURE ITS EFFECTIVE USE.

WHAT IS

DOCTRINE ?

DOCTRINE LIES AT THE HEART OF A MILITARY FORCE’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. IT IS THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO HOW FORCES FIGHT WARS AND CONDUCT OPERATIONS OTHER THAN WAR. NEVER STATIC, ALWAYS DYNAMIC, DOCTRINE IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE REALITIES OF CURRENT CAPABILITIES. AT THE SAME TIME, IT REACHES OUT WITH A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE TO THE FUTURE. DOCTRINE CAPTURES THE LESSONS OF PAST WARS, REFLECTS THE NATURE OF WAR AND CONFLICT IN ITS OWN TIME, AND ANTICIPATES THE INTELLECTUAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL BRING VICTORY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

DOCTRINE

CONCEPT & DOCTRINE• DOCTRINE & CONCEPT OF - ? DO THEY EXIST ?

• INDIAN ARMY’S TENDENCY TO THEORISE AND ADOPT THE LATEST DOCTRINE ADVOCATED BY THE USA. eg. AIR LAND BATTLE, MVRE W, AND NOW INFO W.

• IN ANY CASE, WHAT IS OUR DOCTRINE EVEN MINUS THE LATEST FAD- INFO W OR C2W ?

• DOCTRINE MUST CONFORM TO GRND REALITIES OF OUR COUNTRY AND ARMED FORCES.

THEREFORE : SUGGESTED CONCEPT & DOCTRINE

• MIL MUST PERFORM THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF (a) KNOWLEDGE ACQUISTION. (b) KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING. (c) KNOWLEDGE DISTRIBUTION. (d) KNOWLEDGE/INFO PROTECTION.

• TGT EN’S INFO SYS TO ALTER BATTLE FD CHEMISTRY.

• DEVP KNOWLEDGE BASED SYS & WARFARE TO EFF INTEGRATE AND SYNCHRONISE BATTLE FD FUNCTIONS.

SUGGESTED CONCEPT & DOCTRINE

* IN TODAYS INFO AGE OPS WOULD HAVE TO

• ENABLE AND PROTECT FRIENDLY INFO SYS.

• SYNCHRONISE FORCE APPLICATIONS.

• CONNECT HIERARCHICAL & NON HIERARCHICAL SYS.

• LINK SENSORS, SHOOTERS & COMMANDERS.

• DEGRADE & DISRUPT, OR EXPL ADVERSARY’S OPS BY ATTACKING HIS C2.

SUGGESTED CONCEPT & DOCTRINE

* WE SHOULD ALSO CATER FOR

• TODAYS OP ENVIRONMENT - DEVP OF INFO & COMN TECH.

• THREAT FROM UNAUTH INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLEX NATIONAL EFFORT.

• VULNERABILITY OF GLOBALISED NETWORK COMN.

• MEDIA. MIL OPS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY.

ANY OTHER PTS / ASPECTS ?

THANK YOU