Full-spectrum dominance
Full-spectrum dominance is a military concept whereby a joint military structure achieves control over all elements of the battlespace using land, air, maritime, space, and even cyber based assets.
Full spectrum dominance includes the physical battlespace; air, surface and sub-surface as well as the electromagnetic spectrum and information space. Control implies that freedom of opposition force assets to exploit the battlespace is wholly constrained.
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US military doctrine [edit]
Officially known as full-spectrum superiority and defined by the U.S. military as:
- The cumulative effect of dominance in the air, land, maritime, and space domains and information environment that permits the conduct of joint operations without effective opposition or prohibitive interference.[1]
The United States military's doctrine has espoused a strategic intent to be capable of achieving this state in a conflict, either alone or with allies[2] by defeating any adversary and controlling any situation across the range of military operations.
The stated intent implies significant investment in a range of capabilities; dominant maneuver, precision engagement, focused logistics, and full-dimensional protection.
Criticism [edit]
As early as 2005, the credibility of full-spectrum dominance as a practical strategic doctrine was dismissed by Professor Philip Taylor of the University of Leeds[3] an expert consultant to the US and UK governments on psychological operations, propaganda and diplomacy.
"It's true, though rarely recognized in the control-freakery world of the military, that full spectrum dominance is impossible in the global information environment."
See also [edit]
- American Empire
- Geostrategy
- Network-centric warfare
- Project for the New American Century
- U.S. Military
References [edit]
Further reading [edit]
- Mahajan, Rahul Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond New York: 2003 Seven Stories Press
- Engdahl, F. William Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order Boxborough, MA: 2009 Third Millennium Press. 268 pages.
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