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Increases in the range and lethality of combat firepower forced units to disperse for survival and resulted in a corresponding increase in the size of the battlefield. The emergence of the operational level of war, which produced a three-fold rather than a two-fold paradigm of military art, was a consequence of attempts to exercise authority over combat forces in the ever-growing battlespace. Practitioners of the military art have often relied upon information technology (IT), to exercise command-and-control-"the expression of the commander's will and intent." This thesis investigates the unique aspects of airpower command-and-control to determine how the information atmosphere-the habits of people and the capabilities of technology-has affected the relationships among the levels of war. The scope of this study places primary emphasis on the IT aspects of the information atmosphere in the command-and-control of airpower. In particular, the relationships among the levels of war are examined by assessing the strategic-operational level interface and the operational-tactical interface. Drawing on evidence from the application of airpower in Vietnam, Operation DESERT STORM, and Operation DELIBERATE FORCE this study concludes that the command-and-control process is determined more by the personalities of the leaders involved than by the available technology. Information technology has had little effect on the strategic-operational interface.

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• Full title: Enhancing the Operational Art
• Subtitle: The Influence of the Information Environment on the Command-And-Control of Airpower
• Author: Todd P Harmer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108
• EAN: 9781288415571
• ISBN: 9781288415571
• ID: 08251119
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Weight: 209 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 189 × 6 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. December 2012

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