1. Multi-Domain Battle: Achieving Cross-Domain Synergy
Maneuver to positions of relative advantage and project power across all domains to ensure freedom of action.
Integrate joint, interorganizational, and multinational capabilities to create windows of domain superiority and preserve Joint Force freedom of maneuver.
Exploit temporary domain superiority by synchronizing cross-domain fire and maneuver to achieve physical, temporal, positional, and psychological advantages.
SPACE
USMC
MARITIME
CAS/AI
AIR
UAS
EMS
Recon
SOF
Electronic Warfare
SOF
SOF
LAND
Guerrilla X
SOF
SOF
CYBERSPACE
Proposed domain window definition: simultaneous superiority in selected domains that enables freedom of maneuver.
Speed of action:
- how fast maneuver occurs in a domain
Space and Cyberspace: speed of light
Air: mph
Maritime: 15-30kts
Land: 6-50mph
Duration of open window:
- timeframes for domain window remaining open (and primary limiting factor once detected)
Space and Cyberspace: minutes (CPU/transmitter capacity, # of transmitters/antennas)
Air: 1-6 hours (onboard fuel and countermeasures)
Maritime: 1-? hours (defensive weapon system magazine capacity)
Land 1-3 days (sustainment and personnel)
Counteractions:
- mitigating the effects of domain window closing
Bypass – offensive posture, fight degraded, employ alternative capabilities
Fight – offensive posture, employ overwatching fires, close combat
Endure – defensive posture, displace, remain effective despite losses
Capable land forces potentially offer the most durable platform for opening other windows
How we might open a window:
1. Achieve Understanding / Determine Domain Attack Sequence Most dangerous enemy domain
Most vulnerable enemy domain
Most critical enemy domain
”Stack”/Integrate Joint Force Capabilities
Initiate “movement” based upon lead time
Integrate partners
Use military deception
Dislocate Enemy to Seize Initiative
Isolate area of operation in all domains
Create localized overmatch in all domains
Use speed & surprise to maximize windows of overmatch
Combine lethal and non-lethal fires
Retain opening or create new opening to exploit initiative by
maneuvering to subsequent positions of relative advantage
“In an era of air and maritime warfare that seems increasingly likely to be dominated by long-range sensors and precision strikes, ground forces [provide the Joint Force] key attributes of resilience, persistence, and sustainability.”
- Beyond Coast Artillery: Cross-Domain Denial and the Army,
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 12
As of 23 SEP 2016