WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- Networkcentric operations are the key to winning modern wars, a U.S. Army general told defense industry leaders.
"We believe the cornerstone of winning the war on terror is enhancing joint war-fighting and transforming our armed forces and how we go about doing that," Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the TechNet International 2005 convention, according to an American Forces Press report Thursday.
Odierno was discussing the prevalent doctrine of the U.S. military pushed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to use high technology intelligence, surveillance and communications capabilities in order to integrate their information fast enough for combat forces to be able to use them in real time.
"That is going to be based on the ability to see ourselves, see the enemy in the ways that provide us an overwhelming advantage," Odierno said. "In my mind, that's what networkcentric warfare is all about."
The new joint forces created from different elements of the U.S. military and using these new high tech tools will be carry out military operations where they can control where and when things happen, the general said. They will provide the model for how U.S. military forces will operate over the next 10 to 20 years around the world, he said.
