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US Marines are training to break up and move their command posts to survive a Pacific war

Published by Business Insider · United States 1 h ago
US Marines are training to break up and move their command posts to survive a Pacific war
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Future conflicts, especially one in the vast Indo-Pacific, could require command-and-control networks to be dispersed and mobile.

US Marines have been rehearsing how to spread out and relocate their command and control in the vast Indo-Pacific region, while still maintaining the ability to make battlefield decisions quickly. Modern conflicts have shown that large, centralized command posts are vulnerable to enemy detection and attack. The US and other Western militaries are learning that their command-and-control networks will need to be dispersed, concealed, and capable of being moved quickly to survive.

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