The advent of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology represents new global opportunities and risks that must be considered in the context of reemerging long term strategic competition with China and Russia, which are intent on shaping a world consistent with their authoritarian models.[1] To deal with this challenge, several bodies – notably the Defense Science Board (DSB), the Defense Innovation Board (DIB), and the European Commission (EC) – have recently offered recommendations on how leaders of large organizations, including nation-states in the case of the EC recommendations, should adopt and field this new communications technology. This article evaluates these recommendations to synthesize a possible way ahead for the Department of Defense (DoD); however, DoD cannot do this alone. A whole-of-nation approach is required for the United States to lead global change and gain the “first-mover” advantage.
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