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• What are the IW challenges, implications, and potential solutions
regarding:
• Extending the dialog on the practice of operational command
• Joint asymmetric warfare
• Operational maneuver from strategic distances
• Intra-theater operational maneuver and operational raiding
• Intensive asymmetric activity in the homeland
• What are the implications of conducting IW operations in a Long War
environment?
• What are the implications of conducting simultaneous IW and SSTR
operations?
The Global Footprint of IW. IW is being conducted across the globe. Many
of our adversaries are transnational and require the United States to operate
transnationally against them as well. IO to understand the operational
environments and the nature of our adversaries will require extensive
preparation time and a large investment in human capital. Likewise, IW
campaigns to confront adversaries the United States may potentially face will
require a significant long-term investment. Both preparing for and executing IW
will require an extensive global footprint for IW. Further analysis is required to
determine:
• The extent of this global footprint and the number of countries/areas that
require US investments to establish a persistent and effective presence to
meet our global challenges.
• The number and types of forces (conventional and SOF) required to
conduct IW within each of these countries/areas.
• The contributions of partner nations to provide additional capacities to fill
portions of the global footprint or to provide additional capabilities in areas
denied to the joint force, either because of unique cultural relationships
with the population of the area, or because of operational or political
constraints placed upon the joint force.
Intelligence Support to IW. Persistent, global intelligence operations will play
a decisive part of any IW campaign. Further analysis must be conducted on the
long-term investments required to establish persistent, global intelligence
infrastructure that will enable the joint force to understand the operational
environment, identify potential threats and their vulnerabilities, and to
accurately focus theater security cooperation efforts to build support. This
analysis must include the joint force’s ability to establish intelligence networks
for assisted recovery of downed aviators, isolated personnel, and for exfiltrating
critical intelligence assets.
Sustaining the Joint Force During IW. The US military must provide the
JFC with an effective joint force projection and sustainment system that is
tailorable, survivable, and responsive to joint force requirements when engaged
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