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Examining Combat Effectiveness In Asymmetric Engagements With Balanced Forces Using The Information Age Combat Model, Nevan E. N. Shearer

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

With advances in networked communications, the capabilities of command and control (C2) have come to play an increasingly larger role in battlefield success. Within the past two decades a new military strategy has evolved, known as Network-Centric Operations (NCO), which puts information superiority on the frontline. Moreover, the information advantage that is gained through information superiority is translated into a tactical war-fighting advantage.

A research gap has been identified in the investigation of networked combat force configurations in the realm of asymmetric engagements. Specifically, the research question is, how should an information age combat force be networked in order to …