![]() Unsurprisingly, the major pivotal successes of the application battlespace technology have been the results of ingenious warfighting techniques that maximize the benefits of technological tools. The success of maneuver warfare is less dependent on the tools available, and more dependent on the creation of new ways to generate and exploit of tactical effects given all the tools available. However, the creative thinking that derives energy from the chaos of war to turn chance into opportunity is not bounded. On it the novelty of it was our advantage.” The degree of which humans can control the physical space will always be constrained by physics. ![]() ![]() Lawrence said, “There were many humiliating material limits, but no moral impossibilities so that the scope of our diathetical activities was unbounded. However, technology, which is made of materials, is ultimately bounded by physical laws. By augmenting human’s natural ability in agility, precision, and flexibility in all domains and realms, technology can serve as an important force multiplier in maneuver warfare. The physical limitation on warfighting is determined by the technology of the day-the distance over which the range of attack with a desired magnitude can be extended, the type of situational awareness a soldier can gain beyond the natural human sensory spectrum, and the speed at which vital battlespace information can be disseminated. Once an effective manner to generate battlespace effect is identified in a given domain, the proper tools might be needed to generate the desired effects in the domain. The success of maneuver warfare is based on optimizing the economy of force by efficiently addressing each tactical action and reaction-it relies on empowering leaders at the tactical edge to determine and execute the best tactical decision based on the situation on the ground and the commander’s intent. War is not governed by the actions or decisions of a single individual in any one place but emerges from the collective behavior of all the individual parts in the system interacting locally in response to local conditions and incomplete information…Efforts to fully centralize military operations and to exert complete control by a single decision maker are inconsistent with the intrinsically complex and distributed nature of war. Please see previous paper for a full description.) According to the Marine Corps Doctrine Publication 1 Warfighting, which is heavily influenced by William Lind’s Maneuver Warfare Handbook: (Realms is defined as the physical, mental and moral aspects of battlespace effects. ![]() Maneuver warfare doctrine suggests the sequence of actions should resemble a seamless concert across all domains and all realms, executed with the magnitude of force as necessitated by context. Liddell Hart expressed through the lens of modern warfare, where technology serves as an important tool to elevate military genius. It is a culmination of many historical warfighting theories and strategies from Clausewitz, Fuller, Boyd, and B. Maneuver warfare theory serves as a good foundation for this study because it provides a theoretical framework without being too restricting. We will begin by setting maneuver warfare as a warfighting theoretical ideal.
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