In a world that is becoming increasingly connected, for which governments and non-state groups are exploiting and obfuscating social media networks as part of larger campaigns, the United States is finding it must learn to collect intelligence across these spheres of engagement.
He highlighted two areas in particular where adversaries are focusing within this new hybrid multi-domain construct. Firstly, preclusion, or anti-access\/area denial, that seeks to deny the U.S. the ability to mass forces and sustain joint combat power in theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second is reflexive control, which was first coined by the Russians, Phillips said. Reflexive control is a way of integrating the components of information warfare to manipulate the environment so that an adversary will make a decision that is both anticipated and wanted, he said. The Russians call it objective and subjective reality, and how they\u2019ll alter the subjective reality to achieve what they want to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the U.S. Army and military writ large look to adapt to this new environment, future operations will not only involve the creation of effects across multiple domains\u00a0\u2014\u00a0which is to say firing a missile from the ground at maritime targets or orchestrating a cyber operation from a remote location that bears physical results halfway around the world\u00a0\u2014\u00a0but it must also involve collecting intelligence across domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Planning and executing fire maneuver, while necessary, may not be sufficient to be successful in multi-domain battle, Phillips said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Technology that enables new concepts also has to be applied to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, he added, pointing to existing paradigms where collecting and analyzing in single domains has been the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You don\u2019t find many Army systems collecting air targets,” Phillips asserted. As such, the Army needs new kinds of systems and thought processes to focus on where the domains interact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He pointed to cyber and signals intelligence as one area where convergence of capability can be developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, he asked the audience to consider an interface of activities in the air, on land and at sea, and how intelligence can be merged to facilitate multi-domain battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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