Posted on Dec 31, 2020
New in 2021: Futuristic do-it-all goggle for soldiers, Marines will begin fielding in 2021
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No "trooper" should not know about a compass and map, ever. GPS and Blue Force be damned.
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As a former budget officer I think about the cost and reliability of new systems. I think we think of the future with robots on the battlefield, but what will the cost be? I don't know.
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Premilitary I didn’t understand what seemed to be an archaic and bureaucratic process to acquire new tech, now years in and various formal mil education under my belt and I understand it, but...
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COL (Join to see) - It was simple in the old days. Regiments, be they Army or Marines showed up, and the caissons rolled to victory through tactics, attrition, and their supporting industrial base. Now it's finance, defense deals and an occasional boogey man.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Don't get me wrong. We are at the cusp of new weapons technology that might change how we fight and give us an advantage in conventional wars.
The US must be prepared for the full spectrum of warfare. We would be remiss for not having a requisite military capability. I don't fully subscribe to the concept that conventional warfare will be decided by long range weapons. Those are costly to make and I question the efficacy of long range weapons conducting lets say an attack on any enemy armor division. We don't have those kinds of weapons in mass nor the information and targeting infrastructure. There will be a deep fight but eventually the close fight will be conducted. Tanks will fight other tanks.
It is paramount to work on Revolution to Military Affairs (RMA) during the inter-war periods. A RMA gives us a distinct advantage. They can be new doctrine, weapons platforms, and new weapons that will give us an edge in future wars. This is just my opinion but our RMAs that exist now are smart cluster bombs that can wipe out enemy armor divisions quickly, drones, and possibly information infrastructure.
What we are working on are hypersonic missiles that travel Mach 5+. Imagine a missile traveling one mile per second. We are making laser weapons more powerful and the rail gun is still work in progress. The army field artillery just produced a round that can shoot down a cruise missile. That can be huge by turning an indirect weapons system to a direct one. Naturally we will need a robust information and communications infrastructure to facilitate all the new weapons and doctrine. We need to improve AI and unmanned vehicles.
I will illustrate some WWII RMAs for the US. They were amphibious landings, P-51, aircraft carriers, and the atomic bomb.
The US must be prepared for the full spectrum of warfare. We would be remiss for not having a requisite military capability. I don't fully subscribe to the concept that conventional warfare will be decided by long range weapons. Those are costly to make and I question the efficacy of long range weapons conducting lets say an attack on any enemy armor division. We don't have those kinds of weapons in mass nor the information and targeting infrastructure. There will be a deep fight but eventually the close fight will be conducted. Tanks will fight other tanks.
It is paramount to work on Revolution to Military Affairs (RMA) during the inter-war periods. A RMA gives us a distinct advantage. They can be new doctrine, weapons platforms, and new weapons that will give us an edge in future wars. This is just my opinion but our RMAs that exist now are smart cluster bombs that can wipe out enemy armor divisions quickly, drones, and possibly information infrastructure.
What we are working on are hypersonic missiles that travel Mach 5+. Imagine a missile traveling one mile per second. We are making laser weapons more powerful and the rail gun is still work in progress. The army field artillery just produced a round that can shoot down a cruise missile. That can be huge by turning an indirect weapons system to a direct one. Naturally we will need a robust information and communications infrastructure to facilitate all the new weapons and doctrine. We need to improve AI and unmanned vehicles.
I will illustrate some WWII RMAs for the US. They were amphibious landings, P-51, aircraft carriers, and the atomic bomb.
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Looks promising. No doubt the bean counters will scrutinize. It has passed through many competent hands at SYSCOM, Warfighting Lab and any other at HQ concerned. Many of these rollouts in all disciplines started long before. It is a process and green dollars are scarce, in any period.
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