The year is 2025. Just before dawn, several independent 5-man teams from an Army Combined Arms Battalion prepare to launch an attack on a terrorist-insurgent stronghold outside a mega coastal city in a sub-Saharan nation. Before the commander sends in his attack forces, his cyberspace maneuver force has already established a secure communications network using Free Space Optics and Li-Fi and are conducting defensive cyber maneuver to protect and defend key cyber terrain. While monitoring local social media, cyber operators have intercepted insurgent communications, and located their operations center. They begin sending messages on social media to confuse the insurgent network and interfere with their command and control. Next, the cyber operators launch an offensive cyber maneuver, cutting power to the insurgent headquarters. In another offensive maneuver, the cyber force employs electromagnetic pulses to destroy the adversary’s electronic systems followed by a Radio Frequency capability to disable all insurgent vehicles. As dawn breaks, the insurgents awaken to the sound and fury of the Battalion’s direct and indirect fires…
The Future of Army Maneuver–Dominance in the Land and Cyber Domains