Digital-age warfare, exemplified by the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, sees drones and AI-supported targeting systems rapidly detect and destroy industrial-era forces. Many global land forces, however, persist with 1991-era doctrines, failing to adapt to this algorithmic battlefield. This transformation necessitates a new "7+1 Warfighting Functions" framework, expanding traditional categories to include electromagnetic spectrum control and cybersecurity, with digitalization, AI, and big data as a cross-cutting variable.
Command and control demands smaller, distributed headquarters and resilient tactical internet. Maneuver requires dispersion, stealth, and integrated unmanned systems against drone surveillance. Fire support timelines are compressed by AI, posing accountability challenges. Intelligence operates as a continuous, AI-mediated ecosystem for "decision dominance." Protection extends to defending against electronic warfare, cyber intrusions, and information operations. Logistics must reinvent for a "transparent battlefield" via unmanned resupply. EM spectrum and cybersecurity are critical, with cyberattacks integrated into kinetic operations. Armies must reinvent or risk destruction.
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