Linking Warriors Across Land and Sea

摘要

An experimental communications system may soon connect U.S. Marine Corps units deployed on amphibious operations. Built using current satellite technology linked to radios and battlefield data management devices, the network will connect forward tactical units with task force commanders. Littoral operations and new weapons such as enhanced cruise and antiship missiles make close-to-shore deployment of troops and equipment risky. A new doctrine called ship-to-objective maneuver (STOM) calls for forces to deploy and operate from over the horizon to deep inland, up to 200 nautical miles from a seaborne task force.