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Tango0115 Aug 2026 1:37 p.m. PST

… SOLVED THE COMMAND PROBLEM


"The battlefield in Ukraine is becoming increasingly transparent, increasingly lethal, and increasingly difficult to command. Unmanned aircraft systems watch movement far beyond the forward line. First-person-view drones turn fleeting observation into immediate attack. Electronic warfare contests communications and navigation. Digital networks push intelligence, imagery, targeting information, and orders across formations at speeds that would have been inconceivable even a few short years ago. Russia and Ukraine have consequently been forced into a continuous cycle of tactical and technological adaptation.

This has understandably concentrated Western attention on technology. Yet one of the most consequential lessons from Ukraine is less technological. Drones have changed what commanders can see. Networks have changed how quickly they can communicate. Precision weapons have changed how rapidly information can be converted into destructive effect. None of these has removed the fundamental problem of command: turning higher intent into effective action by real military units operating under fear, exhaustion, uncertainty, interrupted communications, incomplete information, and enemy action.

The US Army recognizes this problem in its doctrine on mission command. Army Doctrine Publication 6-0, Command and Control stresses subordinate decision-making and decentralized execution precisely because combat does not permit a headquarters to control every important action. Ukraine is demonstrating why that principle remains essential…"


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