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Battlespace is a unified military strategy
Military strategy

Military strategy is a policy implemented by military organizations to pursue desired Strategic goal s. Derived from the Greek language strategos, strategy when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", 'the art of arrangement' of troops....
 to integrate and combine armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
 for the military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 theatre of operations
Theater (warfare)

In warfare, a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict, bordered by areas where no combat is taking place....
, including air
Aerial warfare

Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare, including military airlift of cargo to further the national interests as was demonstrated in the Berlin Airlift....
, information
Information warfare

Information warfare is the use and management of information in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. Information warfare may involve List of intelligence gathering disciplines of tactical information, information assurance that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to morale the Enemy and t...
, land, sea
Naval warfare

Naval warfare is combat in and on seas, oceans, or any other major bodies of water such as large lakes and wide rivers....
 and space
Space battle

A Space battle is a fictional battle set in outer space, they have been prolific in establishing the sci-fi genre, and other genres which involve outer space....
 to achieve military goals
Strategic goal (military)

A strategic military goal is used in strategic plan ning to define desired end-state of a war or a military campaign. Usually it entails either a strategic change in enemy's military posture, intentions or ongoing operations, or achieving a strategic victory over the enemy that ends the conflict, although the goal can be set in terms of diplomacy o...
. It includes the environment, factors and conditions that must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete the mission. This includes enemy and friendly
Allies

In general, allies are people, groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose....
 armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
; infrastructure
Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise , or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function....
; weather
Weather

Weather is a set of all the Phenomenon occurring in a given atmosphere at a given time. Weather phenomena lie in the hydrosphere and troposphere....
; terrain
Terrain

Terrain, or relief, is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used....
; and the electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic spectrum

The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation frequencies. The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation from that particular object....
 within the operational areas and areas of interest.

lespace Awareness is the knowledge and understanding of the operational area's environment, factors, and conditions, including the status of friendly and adversary forces, neutrals and noncombatants, weather and terrain, that enables timely, relevant, comprehensive and accurate assessments, in order to successfully apply combat power, protect the force and/or complete the mission.

lespace Digitization is designed to improve military operational
Military operation

This article describes three distinct, but related terms: military operations, Operations as military events, and operational level of war....
 effectiveness by integrating weapons platform
Weapons platform

A weapons platform is generally any structure or system on which a weapon can be mounted. For example, a fighter jet is a weapons platform for missiles or bombs....
s, sensor networks, UC2, intelligence
Military intelligence

Military intelligence , is a military service that uses List of intelligence gathering disciplines which informs the commanders' decision making process by providing intelligence analysis of Intelligence from a wide range of sources including forecast environmental changes , and opposing force intentions....
, and network-centric operations
Network-centric warfare

Network-centric warfare, now commonly called network-centric operations, is a new military doctrine or theory of war pioneered by the United States Department of Defense....
.






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Battlespace is a unified military strategy
Military strategy

Military strategy is a policy implemented by military organizations to pursue desired Strategic goal s. Derived from the Greek language strategos, strategy when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", 'the art of arrangement' of troops....
 to integrate and combine armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
 for the military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 theatre of operations
Theater (warfare)

In warfare, a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict, bordered by areas where no combat is taking place....
, including air
Aerial warfare

Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare, including military airlift of cargo to further the national interests as was demonstrated in the Berlin Airlift....
, information
Information warfare

Information warfare is the use and management of information in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. Information warfare may involve List of intelligence gathering disciplines of tactical information, information assurance that one's own information is valid, spreading of propaganda or disinformation to morale the Enemy and t...
, land, sea
Naval warfare

Naval warfare is combat in and on seas, oceans, or any other major bodies of water such as large lakes and wide rivers....
 and space
Space battle

A Space battle is a fictional battle set in outer space, they have been prolific in establishing the sci-fi genre, and other genres which involve outer space....
 to achieve military goals
Strategic goal (military)

A strategic military goal is used in strategic plan ning to define desired end-state of a war or a military campaign. Usually it entails either a strategic change in enemy's military posture, intentions or ongoing operations, or achieving a strategic victory over the enemy that ends the conflict, although the goal can be set in terms of diplomacy o...
. It includes the environment, factors and conditions that must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete the mission. This includes enemy and friendly
Allies

In general, allies are people, groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose....
 armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
; infrastructure
Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise , or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function....
; weather
Weather

Weather is a set of all the Phenomenon occurring in a given atmosphere at a given time. Weather phenomena lie in the hydrosphere and troposphere....
; terrain
Terrain

Terrain, or relief, is the third or vertical dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used....
; and the electromagnetic spectrum
Electromagnetic spectrum

The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation frequencies. The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation from that particular object....
 within the operational areas and areas of interest.

Battlespace Awareness

Battlespace Awareness is the knowledge and understanding of the operational area's environment, factors, and conditions, including the status of friendly and adversary forces, neutrals and noncombatants, weather and terrain, that enables timely, relevant, comprehensive and accurate assessments, in order to successfully apply combat power, protect the force and/or complete the mission.

Battlespace Digitization

Battlespace Digitization is designed to improve military operational
Military operation

This article describes three distinct, but related terms: military operations, Operations as military events, and operational level of war....
 effectiveness by integrating weapons platform
Weapons platform

A weapons platform is generally any structure or system on which a weapon can be mounted. For example, a fighter jet is a weapons platform for missiles or bombs....
s, sensor networks, UC2, intelligence
Military intelligence

Military intelligence , is a military service that uses List of intelligence gathering disciplines which informs the commanders' decision making process by providing intelligence analysis of Intelligence from a wide range of sources including forecast environmental changes , and opposing force intentions....
, and network-centric operations
Network-centric warfare

Network-centric warfare, now commonly called network-centric operations, is a new military doctrine or theory of war pioneered by the United States Department of Defense....
. This military doctrine reflects that in the future, military operations will be merged into joint operations
Joint warfare

Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various military service branches of a state's armed forces into one unity of command....
 rather than take place in separate battlespaces under the domain of individual armed services.

Battlespace Intelligence Preparation


IPB

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (IPB) is an analytical methodology employed to reduce uncertainties concerning the enemy, environment, and terrain for all types of operations. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace builds an extensive database
Database

A database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. The structure is achieved by organizing the data according to a database model....
 for each potential area in which a unit may be required to operate. The database is then analyzed in detail to determine the impact of the enemy, environment and terrain on operations and presents it in graphic form. Intelligence preparation of the battlespace is a continuing process.

JIPB

Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace (JIPB) is the analytical process used by joint intelligence organizations to produce intelligence assessments, estimates and other intelligence products in support of the joint force commander's decision making process. It is a continuous process that includes defining the total battlespace environment; describing the battlespace's effects; evaluating the adversary; and determining and describing adversary potential courses of action.

The process is used to analyze the air, land, sea, space, electromagnetic, cyberspace
Cyberspace

Cyberspace — from the Greek language — is the global domain of electro-magnetics accessed through electronic technology and exploited through the modulation of electromagnetic energy to achieve a wide range of communication and control system capabilities....
, and human dimensions of the environment and to determine an opponent's capabilities to operate in each. Joint intelligence preparation of the battlespace products are used by the joint force and component command staffs in preparing their estimates and are also applied during the analysis and selection of friendly courses of action.

Battlespace Shaping

Battlespace Shaping is the military doctrine for the elimination of the enemy's capability to fight in a coherent manner before committing forces to decisive operations.

See also

  • Fog of war
    Fog of war

    The fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding own capability, adversary capability and adversary intent during an engagement, operation or campaign....
  • C4ISTAR
    C4ISTAR

    C2I stands for Command, Control and Intelligence.C4I stands for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence....
  • Network-centric warfare
    Network-centric warfare

    Network-centric warfare, now commonly called network-centric operations, is a new military doctrine or theory of war pioneered by the United States Department of Defense....


Further reading

  • Blackmore, T. (2005). War X: Human Extensions in Battlespace. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8791-4
  • Owens, W. (2002). Dominant Battlespace Knowledge. University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 1-4102-0413-8


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