Warfare in the Information Age

Proceedings of the 1996 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium: Command and Control in the Information AgeTechnological change is driving toward organizational flexibility and the elimination of stovepipes in joint operations. It also is pro- ducing new sources of vulnerability. This paper compares Joint Publication 6-0 "C4 Systems to Support Joint Operatives" with the new "Warfighting Vision 2010." Both are promulgated by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Although they need not be identical, the more recent Vision 2010 points out the need to update or re-orient Joint Publication 6-0 even though it is only one year old