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- catalog abstract "Swarming is a seemingly amorphous, but deliberately structured, coordinated, strategic way to perform military strikes from all directions. It employs a sustainable pulsing of force and/or fire that is directed from both close-in and stand-off positions. It will work best--perhaps it will only work--if it is designed mainly around the deployment of myriad, small, dispersed, networked maneuver units. This calls for an organizational redesign--involving the creation of platoon-like "pods" joined in company-like "clusters"--That would keep but retool the most basic military unit structures. It is similar to the corporate redesign principle of "flattening," which often removes or redesigns middle layers of management. This has proven successful in the ongoing revolution in business affairs and may prove equally useful in the military realm. From command and control of line units to logistics, profound shifts will have to occur to nurture this new "way of war." This study examines the benefits--and also the costs and risks--of engaging in such serious doctrinal change. The emergence of a military doctrine based on swarming pods and clusters requires that defense policymakers develop new approaches to connectivity and control and achieve a new balance between the two. Far more than traditional approaches to battle, swarming clearly depends upon robust information flows. Securing these flows, therefore, can be seen as a necessary condition for successful swarming.".
- catalog alternative "Swarming and the future of conflict.".
- catalog contributor b11923356.
- catalog contributor b11923357.
- catalog contributor b11923358.
- catalog contributor b11923359.
- catalog contributor b11923360.
- catalog contributor b11923361.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Evolution of Military Doctrine -- Ch. 3. Instances of Swarming -- Ch. 4. Design Elements and Challenges -- Ch. 5. Toward a "Battleswarm" Doctrine.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-98).".
- catalog description "Swarming is a seemingly amorphous, but deliberately structured, coordinated, strategic way to perform military strikes from all directions. It employs a sustainable pulsing of force and/or fire that is directed from both close-in and stand-off positions. It will work best--perhaps it will only work--if it is designed mainly around the deployment of myriad, small, dispersed, networked maneuver units. This calls for an organizational redesign--involving the creation of platoon-like "pods" joined in company-like "clusters"--That would keep but retool the most basic military unit structures. It is similar to the corporate redesign principle of "flattening," which often removes or redesigns middle layers of management. This has proven successful in the ongoing revolution in business affairs and may prove equally useful in the military realm. From command and control of line units to logistics, profound shifts will have to occur to nurture this new "way of war." This study examines the benefits--and also the costs and risks--of engaging in such serious doctrinal change. The emergence of a military doctrine based on swarming pods and clusters requires that defense policymakers develop new approaches to connectivity and control and achieve a new balance between the two. Far more than traditional approaches to battle, swarming clearly depends upon robust information flows. Securing these flows, therefore, can be seen as a necessary condition for successful swarming.".
- catalog extent "ix, 98 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Swarming & the future of conflict.".
- catalog identifier "0833028855".
- catalog isFormatOf "Swarming & the future of conflict.".
- catalog isPartOf "Documented briefing (Rand Corporation) ; DB-311".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : RAND,".
- catalog relation "Swarming & the future of conflict.".
- catalog subject "Swarming (Military science)".
- catalog subject "U163 .A7724 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Evolution of Military Doctrine -- Ch. 3. Instances of Swarming -- Ch. 4. Design Elements and Challenges -- Ch. 5. Toward a "Battleswarm" Doctrine.".
- catalog title "Swarming & the future of conflict / John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt.".
- catalog title "Swarming and the future of conflict.".
- catalog type "text".