{"id":1246,"date":"2016-10-10T22:01:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T22:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2016-10-10T22:02:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T22:02:56","slug":"army-warns-that-future-war-with-russia-or-china-would-be-extremely-lethal-and-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2016\/10\/10\/army-warns-that-future-war-with-russia-or-china-would-be-extremely-lethal-and-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S ARMY WARNS THAT FUTURE WAR WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA WOULD BE “EXTREMELY LETHAL AND FAST”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source : Defence One<\/p>\n

By : Bradley Peniston <\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders say warfare in the coming decades will be fundamentally different from the past 25 years<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To envision the wars of the future, first remember those of the distant past, with their soul-numbing artillery barrages and unstinting waves of conventional enemy forces. Then speed up that mental newsreel and imagine a ground war accelerated by artificial intelligence and precision munitions, nested in a larger strategic sphere where everything is moving at Internet\u00a0velocity.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the picture that Army leaders are working from as they try to prepare their force to deter and defeat America\u2019s enemies over the next few\u00a0decades.<\/p>\n

The nation faces existential threats from \u201cmodern nation-states acting aggressively in militarized competition,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, Army deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and training. \u201cWho does that sound like? Russia?\u201d He spoke on a future-of-the-Army panel at the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S.<\/span> Army in Washington on\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n

China is a growing threat as well, if not one that can project force globally yet. Together, these two powers are mustering conventionally massive militaries that are increasingly technological \u00a0\u2014 and forcing the Pentagon to contemplate and prepare for \u201cviolence on the scale that the U.S.<\/span> Army has not seen since Korea,\u201d said Maj. Gen. William Hix, Anderson\u2019s deputy. \u201cA conventional conflict in the near future will be extremely lethal and fast. And we will not own the\u00a0stopwatch.\u201d<\/p>\n

By that, Hix meant that wars will start with minimal notice, and grind through forces more quickly than has been the case in the recent counterterrorism operations. So the Army has to find ways to keep readiness high, and to learn how to replenish them more\u00a0quickly.<\/p>\n

Interface design will play a key role in that, said Katharina McFarland, acting assistant Army secretary for acquisition, logistics, and\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou travel all over the world, don\u2019t you?\u201d McFarland asked the gathered audience of soldiers, Army civilians, and industry reps. \u201cYou can pretty much get in a car anywhere and drive\u00a0it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s future weapons and vehicles need those kinds of intuitive, familiar controls. In the heat of future war, a soldier must be able to quickly learn to fly, say, three different variants of helicopters. Or move easily from a tank\u2019s gunnery controls to an artillery\u00a0console.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do I get TRADOC<\/span> to decrease cycle time?\u201d she said. \u201cAs an engineer, I think in terms of a simple interface \u2014 no matter what helicopter, you can get in and operate\u00a0it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even more revolutionary will be the impact of artificial intelligence and autonomic systems on the battlefield. \u201cThe speed of events are likely to strain our human abilities,\u201d Hix said. \u201cThe speed at which machines can make decisions in the far future is likely to challenge our ability to cope, demanding a new relationship between man and\u00a0machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

All this, he said, will make the coming decades fundamentally different from the past 25\u00a0years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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