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North European and North Atlantic Defense: The Challenges Return

This is way beyond just effects based outcome analysis in that Pu incorporates consideration all systems
coming to the fight, inside a “Kill Web” driver.

Rear Admiral Manizer, the former N-9, nailed the shift in thinking planning training for empowering “Kill
Webs”:

“One of the key aspects of changes involves weapons in the kill web. Target identification and weapons
delivery will not be necessarily located on the same platform.

"Indeed, the ability to deliver lethal effect in the electro-magnetic battle space will be distributed throughout
the kill web.

"Weapons are distributed throughout the kill web and can be fired by platforms also operating throughout
the kill web capable of firing weapons not carried by that platform.

Distributed strike will become increasingly significant as well as weapons modernization accelerates and the
problem of providing new capabilities to the force, a force that is distributed in operations.”

There are several significant force design considerations, which flow from a payload-utility kill web approach.

If Payload/Utility was the driver year back then the Littoral Combat Ship would have been looked at
differently-what TA, TE and Pu does it bring to the fleet-or is an expensive one off?

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There is not sufficient knowledge of emerging fleet TA, TE and hence better Pu on ranges to design a 6 Gen
Fighter, whatever that means.

Currently the U.S. and core allied militaries is in an “applied physics” phase of 21 Century combat
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development, the early 21 Century information revolution could be considered the ‘theoretical physics”
phase.

I firmly believe that embracing the central theme of a payload utility function can greatly help resolve the
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laundry list of technological complexities in the “3 Off Set Strategy”” which was in vogue during the Obama
Administration.

Payload/Utility is “Kill Web” compatible; “Kill Chain” is simply linear thinking.

Keeping ideas simple is a gift to all in creating the most effective military in the world.

For clarity of first building a combat capable military one may also set aside a lot of Sun Tzu’s profundity.

He is often quoted to confuse or divert from the central focus of what is brutally quipped as the first purpose
of the USMC, by Marines— support equip and train “A Big Green Killing Machine.”

Although, General/Philosopher Tsin Szu did get one thing absolutely right; “Victory usually goes to the army
who has better trained officers and men.”

A little noted American President James A Garfield was a combat veteran fighting in vicious battles as the
country was torn asunder.

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