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Army Preparing For Future Fight With ‘Limitless’ Battlefields

Monday, July 10th, 2017

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Army Preparing For Future Fight With ‘Limitless’ Battlefields

Army Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, addresses students, staff and faculty during a visit to U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island in April 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Dan Kuester/released)

In a future where a soldier in combat on one continent can radio commanders in the United States, potential enemies can use the same technology to launch diversionary attacks at ranges much farther than conventional weapons allow.The Army is brainstorming a battle plan for how to fight future wars where combat will occur on land, at sea, in the air and in space and cyberspace. Technology will have at once shrunk the battlefield by improving data sharing and communication and…

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