Old photos of sheiks in Mirages and F-16s adorn the marble hallways of the Armed Forces Officers Club and Hotel, the venue for the Gulf C4ISR conference. At the military’s General Headquarters in downtown Abu Dhabi, a newer trend is playing out.
The U.A.E. is attempting to knit its fractious military networks into a seamless, modern network so the country’s commanders can apply its warplanes and troops faster and more effectively.
Much of the military terminology and doctrine behind this effort would be familiar to military intelligence experts in NATO, the U.K. and the U.S., some of whom have advised U.A.E.
The U.A.E’s joint forces commander runs a 24/7 Joint Operation Centre where staff from all elements of the U.A.E. armed forces monitor defense readings from aircraft, ships and radars. The system is not as powerful as the U.A.E. wants it to be, however.
The country’s military network, which it calls Al Sheryan, has “limited” capabilities, according to retired U.A.E. Air Force Gen. Khalid Abdullah Al Bu-Ainnain, who addressed the topic in a presentation, and in paper released at the conference, “A Vision for Transforming UAE Armed Forces into Network Centric Operations.”
Al Bu-Ainnain is the country’s strongest advocate for creation of U.S.-style “National Global Information Grid” incorporating Al Sheryan and wireless satellite communications.
His views have weight in the U.A.E. because of his experience in the military, and his current role as president of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA), a think tank with offices in the U.A.E. and Lebanon.
“To achieve more accurate and timely ISR information, the UAE Armed Force’s planning, tasking, and execution process must also be improved,” he writ...
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...ile adversaries “are still planning and organizing” an attack.
He does not define what kind of preemptive actions U.A.E. might take.
Although U.A.E. officials did not discuss it publicly, several attendees said Iran’s missile and nuclear work is a major driver behind the U.A.E’s effort to improve its air defenses and command and control systems.
Almost as if on cue, shortly before the conference, the U.S. announced steps that would be taken with allies in the Gulf region, reportedly including U.A.E., to shore up anti-missiles defenses as a counter to Iran.
Speaking at Georgetown University and then at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, Army Gen. David Petraeus of Central Command said U.S. Patriot missile batteries had been set up in four countries in the region, and that Aegis anti-missile ships would patrol the Persian Gulf “at all times now.”
(U) Background: Over the course of United States history the Army has made changes to how it engages its foreign enemies. These tactics techniques and procedures are the result of lessons learned during conflict, mistakes made under fire, and the results of a nation at war. As a result the IPB process has changed to accommodate a dynamic and often fluid battlefield. However this has not changed the core concept behind IPB, the four steps still remain an integral part of the Commanders Military Decision Making Process (MDMP), and are essential in war gaming. IPB assist in providing valuable Intelligence to the War Fighter throughout all phases of operations. This paper will cover each step of the IPB Process as well as discuss products associated with each of those steps and how these products can be an asset to the Commander and the War Fighter.
...at home. Based on the QDR Gen Casey writes the objectives memorandum to best support the defense of the United States and support the civil authorities at home.
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In past instances the ability to control forces outside of territorial borders has been difficult, and can still be a challenge at times. Getting information to where it is needed when it is needed was just as much of a problem in the 1990’s as well, but with the advent of technologies such as the satellite phone and the global positioning system, directing the military outside of The States had become easier than ever before. Forward power projection is the control of military forces outside of its territory, and during the Operation Desert Shield and Storm this was effectively displaye...
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The DIA started in 1958. The organizational structure of the DoD and U.S. foreign intelligence came to a new shape with the establishment of DIA. It was Robert McNamara, then Secretary of Defense, who came up with the concept of DIA in 1961. DIA gathers human source intelligence, analyzes technical intelligence, distributes intelligence/reports to the intelligence agencies, provides advice and support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff with foreign military intelligence, and provides military intelligence to combatant commands as its operational functions. A DIA director is supposed to be a three-star military general and DIA is believed to have employed at least 7,500 staff worldwide today. The DIA is a defense intelligence agency that prevents strategic surprises and delivers a decision advantage to warfighters, defense planners, and to policymakers. This paper will try to evaluate DIA’s role in US national security in present condition of massive budget deficits and increased congressional oversight, plus the intelligence capabilities of the Regional Combatant Commanders and the individual services like CIA and NSA.
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The name of the missile program that is being developed to protect the United States is the National Missile Defense. This program...
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There are many agencies that have the ability to perform Signals Intelligence, electronic reconnaissance and most of all signals intelligence from all available sources inducive to the environment. The United States Army uses the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) as its main entity for signals collection. The Joint STARS platform was designed to provide a highly effective, real-time, collection tool to the ground task force commanders during battlefield engagements, but for the past ten years, the sensor has been used for peacekeeping missions. Army analysts can predict the enemy’s behavior by identifying choke points, potential avenues of approach and operating patterns such as supply routes and logistical points. The analysis gives the ground commander a more complete view of the enemy’s weaknesses. The United States Air Force employs the Joint STARS in a different mission than the Army. The Air Force uses Joint STARS as a battlefield management tool versus a collection tool as used for by the Army. The Air Force uses the platform to provide immediate and direct support to the Air Component Commander and continue to observe the enemy’s movement from a far distance in the sky. Providing essential data to commanders such as size, direction, and speed of the adversaries, with minimum casualties while under battlefield conditions, makes the Joint STARS an extremely effective tool. The Air Force also employs the Predator vehicles, which are unmanned aerial vehicles that are used for reconnaissance.
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