The most dangerous threat to United States' (US) national interests will most likely involve highly trained enemy forces using Soviet style tactics, organizations, and equipment. The actual battle will be intense, fast, and deadly. United States forces must therefore be prepared and trained to fight on a future battlefield where-- • Highly mobile forces will use combat systems delivering firepower of unprecedented volume, speed, accuracy, range, and lethality. • Airspace will be crowded with aerial combat, surveillance, transport, reconnaissance, and target acquisition systems. • Communications systems will be the target of indirect fire and sophisticated electronic warfare operations, making command and control difficult to achieve and maintain. • Scatterable mine systems will severely affect ground mobility due to rapid and remote delivery means.
DesignationFM 5-102
EditionMar 1985
StatusSuperseded
Pages218
FunctionEngineering
CollectionRecent Archive