C2 in the Information Age
Dr. Milan Vego is a favorite critic of overly technical doctrines the rely on “total battlespace knowledge” or using increased connectivity and interoperability to centralize execution.
Most recently I read “Operational Command and Control in the Information Age,” which includes this:
Another result of the increased centralized command and control is that the planning and execution focus is almost exclusively on targets to be degraded, neutralized, or destroyed, not the objectives and tasks to be accomplished. Targets are often selected first, then the search starts for objectives. This violates the foundation on which the regressive planning process rests. The ultimate operational or strategic objective is determined first for a major operation or campaign. Afterward, intermediate major tactical or operational objectives must be resolved as well.
