How the US Army is getting ready to succeed in contested multidomain scenarios
The army's latest approach includes investing in missile capabilities. (Photo: US Army)
The service has been working on the improvement of strategy, inventory and training in addition to conducting several acquisition, development and modernisation efforts.
In order to prepare its soldiers and materiel to win in contested multidomain scenarios, the US Army has been working on the improvement of strategy, capabilities and training in addition to conducting several acquisition, development and modernisation efforts.
During a recent webinar conducted by the AUSA, Gen James C McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, claimed that future warfare is going ‘to be contested in every domain’ and land will remain ‘where the decisive operations occur’.
‘We talked about modernisation, but really transformation is not just new weapon system. It is new doctrine. It is new organisations,
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