Battlespace: Difference between revisions

As competition and conflict evolved during the industrial age, so has the ability to militarily compete in the information age. Thinking and fighting in the [[Industrial Age|industrial age]] could best be conceptualized as the "Old Battlespace" because battlefield lines were more distinct and pronounced in the more tangible domains of land, sea, and air. However, as economies and technologies change, so do the ways countries and militaries compete and conduct warfare. Hence, in the [[Information Age|information age]], the tangible domains (land, sea, and air) remain a constant, however, with the advent of (and prominence) of cyber, outer-space, civil society, and social media (human or cognitive domain), such intangible realms of competition and conflict have taken on greater prominence in the way non-kinetic and kinetic forms of warfare are pursued. Such a "New Battlespace" means that traditional barriers (e.g. vast distances, oceans, laws, etc.,) that used to prevent targeting are no longer an obstacle.<ref>{{Cite book |lastlast1=Matisek, |first1=Jahara & |last2=Jayamaha, |first2=Buddhika |title=Old and New Battlespaces: Society, Military Power, and War |publisher=Lynne Rienner |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-62637-996-1}}</ref> Thus, emergent domains enable everything to be weaponized and the globe becomes a competitive space for any state or non-state actor. Anything and everything will be weaponized, as everyone becomes a combatant in global contestation whether they like it or not.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Galeotti |first=Mark |title=The Weaponisation of Everything: A Field Guide to the New Way of War |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2022}}</ref> Such changes do not mean the nature of war has changed between Old and New Battlespaces, but instead points to the continuously changing character of war due to the modifications of economies, technologies, and military adaptation. This means the "New Battlespace" presents more complex problems to strategists and policymakers as the internet, deep interdependencies, and hyper-connectivity, make it difficult for armies built around an industrial age mindset to compete, and even more difficult when it comes to defending one's Homeland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matisek |first=Jahara |date=8 April 2022 |title=The New Battlespace is Here: The American Homeland is No Longer Safe |url=https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/new-battlespace/ |website=War Room (US Army War College)}}</ref>

* '''Restrictive'''—Restrictive control that is established in conjunction with a host nation to preclude damage or destruction to a national asset, population center, or religious structure. Its key role is the protection of an element of tactical importance, such as a fuel storage area.

* '''Permissive'''—Permissive control that gives the maneuver commander the liberty to announce and engage fire support at their will, unless it otherwise is restricted by a higher echelon. Most cases, a commander will deny the use of Fire Support Coordinating Measures (FSCM).

* [[List of command and control abbreviations]]

* [[Command and control]]

* [[Fog of war]]

* [[Network-centric warfare]]

* [[Psychological warfare]]

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* [http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/dod/gansler.htm ''Achieving Dominant Battlespace Awareness'']

* [http://www.dodccrp.org/events/8th_ICCRTS/pdf/005.pdf ''Joint Synthetic Battlespace: Cornerstone for Predictive Battlespace Awareness'']

* [http://www.dodccrp.org/events/1999_CCRTS/pdf_files/track_1/062beaut.pdf ''Battlespace Digitization - Coping With Uncertainty In The Command Process'']

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110517202722/http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFulltext/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-049/MP-049-06.pdf ''Challenges for Joint Battlespace Digitization (JBD)'']