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What are the Advantages of Chinese Navy Distributed Maritime Operations?

中國海軍分散式海上作戰有哪些優勢?

現代英語:

In recent years, with the development of intelligent unmanned technology, the navies of developed countries in the world have proposed the concept of “distributed lethality” with surface ships as the main body, aiming to achieve distributed maritime operations and gain battlefield advantages. Distributed maritime operations aim to integrate combat platforms in multiple domains, build an all-round three-dimensional situational awareness network, and form a seamlessly linked combat system of manned platforms and distributed unmanned platforms through communication networks throughout various domains and an integrated command and control system, thereby improving the overall combat and strike effectiveness.

The concept of distributed maritime operations

Distributed maritime operations are the integration and expansion of combat concepts such as “distributed lethality” and “manned-unmanned collaborative operations”. The main idea is that large-scale, multi-purpose, high-value combat platforms are no longer required to independently complete diversified combat missions, but rather the main combat capabilities such as reconnaissance, command, strike, and interference are dispersedly deployed on various heterogeneous unmanned platforms in various combat domains. A highly resilient combat system is formed by the fusion of a small number of manned platforms and a large number of distributed unmanned platforms, which can complete various complex combat missions through efficient, precise, and real-time collaboration. This combat system includes a small number of high-value manned platforms and a large number of low-cost unmanned platforms. The manned platforms serve as battlefield decision makers, responsible for relatively complex tasks such as combat plan planning and combat mission allocation and implementation; the unmanned platforms are used to perform relatively dangerous or simple tasks such as situational awareness and fire strikes. Manned/unmanned platforms work closely together to complete combat missions.

The essence of distributed maritime operations is to seamlessly link and organically integrate high-value manned platforms and low-cost unmanned platforms at sea, and to achieve common operational goals through high information sharing, precise task aggregation, and efficient operational coordination. It has the remarkable characteristics of on-demand sharing of operational information, deep integration of operational tasks, precise planning of operational resources, and optimized organization of operational processes. Through manned/unmanned distributed coordination, a new type of efficient maritime combat system can be formed that complements each other’s strengths, integrates functions, and has complementary capabilities. Distributed maritime operations highlight the combinability, consumability, and “decentralization” of force utilization, and focus on the deep embedding and comprehensive application of artificial intelligence technology, which can enhance the resilience of the combat system and promote the development of joint global operations in the maritime direction towards intelligence.

Typical characteristics of distributed maritime operations

At present, intelligent unmanned equipment is developing rapidly, and is increasingly possessing advantages such as human-equipment integration, cross-domain coordination, cluster confrontation, and autonomous combat. Distributed maritime combat is accelerating to present typical characteristics such as wide-area distribution coordination, cross-domain multi-dimensional integration, and manned and unmanned integration.

Wide-area distributed coordination. Wide-area distributed coordination means that various combat elements or combat resources can be adaptively optimized and combined and dispatched according to the battlefield situation, so as to realize the precise energy concentration and release of the combat system. The first is the distributed deployment of the combat system. In distributed maritime operations, the combat space is deeply embedded in various combat domains, and the combat forces can be distributed and deployed in a decentralized wide area. The second is the intelligent reconstruction of the combat system. The combat system is lighter, more capable, and more agile, and its battlefield environment adaptability and system dynamic optimization and reconstruction capabilities are significantly enhanced, and it can quickly and flexibly adjust the required combat forces and battlefield resources. The third is the concentrated release of combat energy. The combat system can achieve rapid mobility, real-time response and coordinated operations of various combat platforms and combat forces in the global combat space through semi-autonomous or autonomous coordinated control of equipment, ensuring the precise concentration and release of combat forces.

Cross-domain multi-dimensional integration. Distributed maritime operations transform the centralized combat group mode into a distributed, agile combat mode. Various combat units are distributed in multiple combat domains, which can realize the monitoring and positioning of cross-domain targets, and then implement effective strikes. The first is the cross-domain integration of combat forces. The combat forces deployed in multiple domains will be dynamically networked through intelligent systems to form a cross-domain combat system. The second is the seamless connection between strategy, campaign, and tactics. New domain and new quality combat forces will directly participate in intelligent naval warfare as the main combat role, achieving comprehensive coverage from strategy to campaign, seamless connection from campaign to tactics, giving birth to a new quality combat capability of rapid assault, multi-dimensional integration, and full-domain offense and defense, and realizing cross-domain coordinated strikes on combat targets.

Manned and unmanned are one. Distributed maritime operations can rely on a large number of intelligent unmanned equipment to form a “manned-unmanned” joint strike system with high autonomy and coordination. By accelerating the development of unmanned equipment such as ship-borne drones, surface unmanned boats, and underwater unmanned vehicles, long-, medium-, and short-range echelon configurations can be achieved, and cross-domain integration of unmanned equipment such as air, surface, underwater, and land can be achieved. The unmanned and manned equipment systems are seamlessly integrated, and the mission domain is expanded from information assurance to firepower strikes. This will promote changes in maritime combat styles, accelerate the formation of new combat styles such as manned system collaborative operations, unmanned system single operations, unmanned system cluster operations, and frontier preset operations, and achieve a subversion of traditional manned combat styles.

The winning mechanism of distributed maritime operations

The reason why major scientific and technological progress can promote the evolution of the war situation is largely because it has profoundly changed the mechanism of winning wars. At present, cutting-edge technology has significantly improved the level of equipment intelligence, profoundly changed the combat power generation mode, and accelerated the evolution of the mechanism of winning naval battles.

“Distributed interconnection, human-machine collaboration” wins. The distributed, intelligent, and networked command information system built on cloud computing, data chain, Internet of Things and other technologies has brought profound changes to modern naval warfare. Supported by the cloud edge, the command information system realizes real-time interaction between various combat platforms through high-speed and secure network connections, significantly improving the information interconnection, interoperability and interoperability between different combat platforms; it can efficiently analyze and process massive battlefield information, accurately judge the battlefield situation, and transform combat command to an intelligent decision-making method centered on “data, algorithms and models”; commanders at each node share information in real time in the cloud network, synchronously judge the situation, and coordinate command, so that command and control activities are concise and optimized, and combat decisions are more efficient and accurate. In addition, under “distributed interconnection”, intelligent unmanned combat has developed from a single platform to a multi-platform cluster, and from remote-controlled combat to semi-autonomous and autonomous combat. Multiple “single-person-single-machine” command chains running in parallel have gradually formed a single simple command chain of “commander-unmanned combat cluster”. Through the efficient and autonomous coordination of manned platforms and unmanned platforms and their clusters, the combat potential of intelligent unmanned equipment can be fully activated, and the advantages of various advanced equipment can be maximized.

“Algorithm-driven, fast and accurate cognition” wins. In intelligent warfare, advanced algorithms replace commanders’ thinking through precise and high-speed calculations, promoting the accelerated integration of rational combat knowledge and emotional commander experience. With advanced algorithms, we can quickly and accurately understand the situation on the naval battlefield, and then accurately and quickly plan scientific and feasible combat plans for changes in the situation on the naval battlefield, disrupting the opponent’s established deployment and combat intentions. Algorithms can effectively process massive amounts of high-value intelligence information and increase the speed of the “OODA” cycle. Mastering the advantages of algorithms can achieve fast and accurate cognition of the enemy’s situation, our situation, and the battlefield environment, thereby accurately predicting the enemy’s combat actions and innovating and optimizing our own action plans in a targeted manner.

“Cloud brain support, network failure and disconnection” will win. In distributed maritime operations, the command and control system will operate in a collaborative way of “human brain + cloud brain”, and the intelligent advantage will become an “advanced” advantage based on information advantage, and “network failure and disconnection” will become one of the main patterns of maritime operations. On the one hand, unmanned intelligent combat actions supported by cloud brain will penetrate the entire process of operations. In distributed maritime operations, the collaborative mode of “human brain + cloud brain” runs through all aspects of operations such as intelligent assisted command decision-making, automatic intelligence reconnaissance, automatic combat planning, autonomous precision strikes, and intelligent logistics support. On the other hand, targeting the intelligent ubiquitous network structure covering the entire domain and multiple dimensions, using intelligent equipment or means to attack key nodes and hubs such as its reconnaissance and surveillance network, information transmission network, command and control network, and comprehensive support network can paralyze its combat network system.

“Cross-domain integration, integrated energy release” wins. Distributed maritime operations will leap from integrated joint operations under information conditions to autonomous cross-domain collaborative operations under intelligent conditions. Different types of new-quality combat capabilities will be integrated and coordinated across domains, and flexibly and accurately integrated to release combat effectiveness. On the one hand, relying on the cross-domain, distributed, and networked collaborative combat system supported by the cloud edge, through the cross-domain mobility of the main combat platform, the cross-domain complementation of equipment functions, the cross-domain sharing of information and intelligence, the cross-domain coordination of combat command, the cross-domain response of mission actions, and the cross-domain interconnection of channel links, a variety of new-quality combat capabilities can be efficiently linked. On the other hand, cross-domain integration highlights the close coordination between the main domain master control and cross-domain support. For example, the navy will be the main control force in maritime offensive and defensive operations, and other forces will implement cross-domain coordinated support through the integration of air and space, sea and space, and network and space.

“Strike at acupoints and lure at agglomeration” to win. Distributed maritime operations will transform from traditional concentrated annihilation warfare to precise strike at acupoints, and high-value targets will face the threat of long-range autonomous precision strikes from intelligent combat equipment; from traditional large-scale manned attrition warfare to global unmanned cluster lure warfare, and important strategic targets will face the threat of saturation attacks and deceptive strikes from low-cost unmanned clusters. In the process of distributed maritime operations, unmanned equipment such as drones and unmanned submarines can be deployed to form a widely distributed, self-organized and coordinated reconnaissance network. Through autonomous reconnaissance, identification and strike actions, long-range and precise attacks can be carried out on the opponent’s high-value targets. Under the condition of minimizing collateral damage as much as possible, the opponent’s hand-wave network can be paralyzed from top to bottom to destroy its command system. Under the intelligent ubiquitous network system, based on the self-organized “swarm” combat of large-scale machine intelligent agents, full coverage reconnaissance of the opponent’s core area can be achieved, deceiving and luring the enemy, and consuming the opponent’s combat resources to the maximum extent.

現代國語:

中國軍網 國防部網
2024年8月15日 星期四

邱志明

近年來,隨著智慧無人技術的發展,世界發達國家海軍提出以水面艦艇為主體的「分散式殺傷」概念,意在實現分散式海上作戰,獲得戰場優勢。分散式海上作戰旨在融合多域空間的作戰平台,構建全方位立體式的態勢感知網,透過遍布各域的通訊網絡和一體化的指揮控制系統,形成有人平台與分散式無人平台無縫鉸鏈的作戰體系,從而提高整體作戰與打擊效能。

分散式海上作戰的概念內涵

分散式海上作戰是「分散式殺傷性」與「有人無人協同作戰」等作戰理念的融合與拓展,主要思路是不再由大型的、集多用途於一體的高價值作戰平台獨立完成多樣化作戰任務,而是將偵察、指揮、打擊、幹擾等主要作戰能力分散部署到各類作戰域的多異構體作戰平台上,由少量平台和海量協同發展為一般人的綜合設施,通過大量的綜合操作,有人這個作戰體系包括少量高價值有人平台和大量低成本無人平台,其中有人平台作為戰場決策者,負責作戰方案籌劃以及作戰任務分配和實施等相對復雜的任務;無人平台用於執行態勢感知、火力打擊等相對危險或簡單的任務,有人/無人密切協同完成作戰任務。

分散式海上作戰的本質是將海上高價值有人平台與低成本無人平台無縫鉸鏈與有機融合,透過高度的資訊共享、精準的任務聚合、高效的作戰協同來實現共同的作戰目標,具有作戰資訊按需共享、作戰任務深度整合、作戰資源精準規劃、作戰過程優化組織等顯著特點。透過有人/無人分散式協同,可以形成取長補短、功能銜接、能力相濟的新型海上高效作戰體系。分散式海上作戰突顯了兵力運用的可組合性、可消耗性和“去中心化”,注重人工智慧技術深度嵌入與全面應用,可以提升作戰體系韌性,推動實現海上方向聯合全局作戰向智能化方向發展。

分散式海上作戰的典型特徵

當前,智慧無人裝備加速發展,日益具備人裝融合、跨域協同、群集對抗、自主作戰等優勢,分散式海上作戰加速呈現廣域分佈協同、跨域多維融合、有人無人一體等典型特徵。

廣域分佈協同。廣域分佈協同是指,各作戰要素或作戰資源能根據戰場態勢進行自適應優化組合與調度,實現作戰體系精確聚能釋能。一是作戰體系分散部署。分散式海上作戰,作戰空間深度嵌入各個作戰域,作戰力量能夠進行分散式廣域分佈與部署。二是作戰體系智能重構。作戰體系更為輕便、精幹、靈敏,戰場環境自適應能力與體係動態優化重組能力顯著增強,能快速靈活調整所需作戰兵力與戰場資源。三是作戰能量集中釋放。作戰體系能夠透過裝備半自主或自主協調控制,實現全域作戰空間內各種作戰平台、作戰力量的快速機動、即時反應和協同作戰,確保作戰力量的精確集中能。

跨域多維融合。分散式海上作戰將集中式的戰鬥群模式轉變為分散式、敏捷式作戰模式,各種作戰單元分佈於多個作戰域,可實現對跨域目標的監視、定位,進而實施有效打擊。一是作戰力量跨域融合。將分散部署在多個領域的作戰力量,透過智慧系統進行動態組網,形成跨域作戰體系。二是戰略、戰役、戰術無縫連結。新域新質作戰力量將作為主戰角色直接參與到智能化海戰中,實現從戰略到戰役的全面覆蓋,從戰役到戰術的無縫鏈接,催生快速突擊、多維一體、全局攻防的新質戰鬥力,實現對作戰目標的跨域協同打擊。

有人無人一體。分散式海上作戰可以依賴大量智慧無人裝備,形成一個「有人-無人」聯合打擊體系,具有很高的自主性與協同性。通過加快推進艦載無人機、水面無人艇、水下無人航行器等無人裝備發展,實現遠、中、近程梯次配置,空中、水面、水下、陸岸等無人裝備跨域集成,無人與有人裝備體系無縫融合,任務領域從信息保障擴展到火力打擊領域,助推海上作戰樣式變革,加速形成系統協同作戰系統、獨立作戰系統

分散式海上作戰的致勝機理

科技的重大進步之所以能推動戰爭形態的演變,很大程度上在於深刻改變了戰爭制勝機理。當前,前沿技術顯著提升了裝備智慧化水平,深刻改變了戰鬥力生成模式,加速海戰制勝機理發生嬗變。

「分佈互聯,人機協同」制勝。依托雲計算、數據鏈、物聯網等技術打造的分散式、智慧化、網路化指揮資訊系統,為現代海戰帶來了深刻變革。指揮資訊系統在雲邊端支撐下,通過高速、安全的網絡連接,實現各作戰平台間的實時交互,明顯提升了不同作戰平台間的信息互聯互通互通能力;能夠高效分析處理海量戰場信息,精準研判戰場態勢,作戰指揮向“以數據、算法和模型為中心”的智能化決策方式此外,在「分散互聯」下,智慧無人作戰由單平台向多平台集群方向發展,由遙控作戰向半自主、自主作戰方向演進,由多條並行運行的「單人-單機」指揮鏈逐步形成「指揮員-無人作戰的集群」的單一簡易指揮鏈,通過有人平台與無人平台及其集群的高效自主協同,充分激活智能化的潛力裝備,高級平台及其集群的高效自主協同,充分激活智能設備的高級設備。

「演算法驅動,快準認知」制勝。智慧化戰爭,先進的演算法透過精確、高速的運算取代指揮人員的思考,推動理性的作戰知識與感性的指揮者經驗加速融合。擁有先進的演算法,便能又快又準地實現對海戰場態勢的認知,進而針對海戰場態勢變化準確、快速地籌劃出科學可行的作戰方案,打亂對手既定部署和作戰企圖。演算法能有效處理大量高價值情報訊息,提升「OODA」循環速度。掌握演算法優勢即可實現對敵情、我情以及戰場環境又快又準的認知,從而準確地預測敵方作戰行動,有針對性地創新優化己方行動方案。

「雲腦支撐,癱網斷鏈」制勝。分散式海上作戰,指揮控制系統將以「人腦+雲腦」的協作方式運行,智慧優勢成為以資訊優勢為基礎的「進階」優勢,「癱網斷鏈」成為海上作戰主要樣式之一。一方面,在雲腦支撐下的無人智慧作戰行動將滲透到作戰的全流程。分散式海上作戰中,「人腦+雲腦」的協作方式貫穿智慧輔助指揮決策、自動情報偵察、自動作戰規劃、自主精確打擊、智慧後勤保障等作戰全環節。另一方面,針對覆蓋全球多維的智慧化泛在網絡結構,運用智慧化裝備或手段對其偵察監視網、資訊傳輸網、指揮控製網、綜合保障網等關鍵節點與樞紐部分實施攻擊,可使其作戰網絡體系癱瘓失能。

「跨域融合,整合釋能」制勝。分散式海上作戰將由資訊化條件下的一體化聯合作戰躍升到智能化條件下的自主跨域協同作戰,不同類型的新質作戰能力跨域融合、協同聯動,並靈活精準地集成釋放作戰效能。一方面,以雲邊端支撐下的跨領域、分散式、網絡化的協同作戰系統為依托,透過主戰平台跨域機動、裝備功能跨域互補、資訊情報跨域共享、作戰指揮跨域協同、任務行動跨域響應、通道鏈路跨域聯通,實現多種新質作戰能力的高效聯動。另一方面,跨域融合凸顯主域主控與跨域支援的緊密配合。例如,海上攻防作戰將以海軍為主控力量,其他力量透過空天一體、海天一體、網天一體運用,實施跨域協同支援。

「點穴打擊,集群誘耗」制勝。分散式海上作戰將從傳統的集中殲滅戰向精確的點穴打擊戰轉化,高價值的目標將面臨智慧化作戰裝備的遠程自主精準打擊威脅;從傳統的規模化有人消耗戰向全局的無人集群誘耗戰轉化,重要的戰略目標將面臨低成本無人集群的飽和攻擊與誘騙打擊威脅。分散式海上作戰過程中,可投放無人機、無人潛航器等無人裝備,形成廣域分佈、自組織協同的偵察網絡,通過自主偵察、判別和打擊行動,對對手高價值目標實施遠程精準攻擊,在盡可能減少附帶損傷的情況下,自上而下癱瘓對手指揮網絡,破壞其指揮體系。在智慧泛在網絡體系下,基於大規模機器智能體自組織的「蜂群」作戰,可實現對對手核心區域的全覆蓋偵察,進行欺騙誘敵,最大限度地誘耗對手作戰資源。

中國原創軍事資源:http://www.81.cn/szb_223187/szbxq/index.html?paperName=jfjb&paperDate=2024-08-15&paperNumber=07&articleid=937599888

Advantages, Prospects of Multi-domain Integration & Cross-domain Attack and Defense

多域融合與跨域攻防的優勢與前景

現代英語:

“Multi-domain fusion operations” and “cross-domain collaborative operations” are the latest operational ideas proposed by the US military in recent years, guiding the gradual upgrade and evolution of the US military’s combat concepts to joint concepts, and building a new war style based on this, covering all combat fields such as “land, sea, air, space, and network”, and integrating various capabilities such as space, network, deterrence, transportation, electromagnetic spectrum, and missile defense. Through this new combat idea, we can compete with competitors such as Russia in various fields, develop asymmetric advantages, and ensure the leading position of our country’s military strength. What advantages do multi-domain fusion operations and cross-domain offense and defense have in actual combat, and what are their development prospects?

The evolution of the concept of global warfare

After the mid-1970s, the U.S. Army successively proposed combat concepts such as “central combat”, “expanded battlefield” and “integrated battlefield”, forming the “air-ground integrated combat” combat theory. Air-ground integrated combat requires the coordination and unity of ground forces and the air force, and conducts deep operations on the basis of the air force’s battlefield air interdiction and offensive air support. For the first time, the combat concept of multi-service coordinated operations appeared, and this combat theory was also tested in actual combat in the Gulf War. This is the starting point for the birth of the concept of multi-domain warfare and even global warfare.

On October 3, 2016, at the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army, General David G. Perkins, then commander of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, delivered a public speech in which he used the word “domain” for the first time to accurately summarize the new form of international warfare, and put forward the view that “all domains of the United States are challenged” and “advantages in a single domain cannot win the war”, and then introduced the concept of “multi-domain combat”. The operational concept of “multi-domain combat” requires close cooperation between the combat forces of various services, abandoning the inertia of the service thinking of pursuing control in a single domain, and providing a “multi-domain solution” for the national command authorities.

In October 2018, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command issued the 1.5 version of the concept of “U.S. Army Multi-Domain Operations 2028”. As the most mature version of the concept, it replaced the original word “battle” with “operation” and extended the concept of “multi-domain combat”. The concept of “multi-domain combat” is only applicable to the conflict stage, but in the case that the competition between nation states has become a new factor in the world situation, simply winning the actual conflict has very limited significance for the overall combat background, so the concept of “multi-domain” must be extended and deepened. The concept of “multi-domain combat” introduces relevant cross-government and cross-institutional elements into the “competition continuum” of “competition, armed conflict and return to competition”, and puts forward the three core concepts of “calibrating force posture, using multi-domain formations, and achieving multi-domain aggregation” in “multi-domain warfare”, clarifies the specific needs of “multi-domain formations”, and refines the corresponding combat capabilities that troops at different levels need to have in “multi-domain warfare”.

“Cross-domain coordination” refers to the mutual cooperation of various services to make up for the deficiencies of other forces in combat, thereby achieving complementary efficiency in various fields and successfully completing combat missions. Guided by the basic ideas of multi-domain integration and cross-domain coordination, the US military has formed the concept of “full-domain warfare”, that is, to develop the joint combat capabilities of various services throughout the entire process of combat and training, and realize the transformation of the army into a joint combat force.

The advantages of all-domain operations are obvious

Judging from the current international military development situation, countries will face an increasingly complex, deadly, extremely active, and urbanized battlefield. The combat environment is becoming increasingly fragile, and the combat mode of the traditional battlefield is no longer applicable to contemporary warfare. Against this background, the US military has proposed the concept of full-domain warfare in order to cope with the increasingly complex international environment. What are the advantages of multi-domain warfare and cross-domain attack and defense on the modern battlefield?

Multi-domain integration enables the advantages of different arms to overlap and their disadvantages to complement each other. The predecessor of multi-domain warfare, “Air-Land Integrated Warfare”, was a combat style of joint operations between the Air Force and the Army that the U.S. military attempted to establish in the early 1980s in response to the huge threat posed by Soviet tank clusters to NATO on the European plains. This combat mode requires a high degree of coordination between ground forces and air forces. Ground forces conduct offensive mobile defense operations on the front line, while the Air Force blocks the replenishment of front-line forces by striking the enemy’s rear, thereby providing tactical support to the front-line army. This is also the first time in the history of the U.S. military that the Air Force and the Army have conducted in-depth cooperation, which has increased the complexity and flexibility of the U.S. military’s operations, made the U.S. military’s tactical options richer and more dynamic, and posed a greater strategic deterrence to the enemy.

On the other hand, cross-domain attack and defense can expand asymmetric advantages and impose greater restrictions on the enemy’s power. Since the concept of cross-domain attack and defense emphasizes the coordination of offensive and defensive forces in different fields, during the battle, the army can exert greater pressure on the enemy through its own advantageous fields, making it difficult for the enemy’s power to be maximized, thereby expanding the asymmetric advantage, maximizing its own strength and weakening the enemy’s power. In recent years, all countries have attached great importance to the technical development and research in the field of network electromagnetics. To some extent, this is because the field of network electromagnetics is a new product that came with the information age. Emerging powers that try to catch up with old powers can establish their own advantages through the development of this field, while old powers do not want to be overtaken and have fields that can be used as weaknesses by the enemy. Therefore, all countries have unanimously regarded the research and development of the field of network electromagnetics as one of their current key areas of development, which also reflects the great power of cross-domain attack and defense in modern information-based intelligent warfare.

Global war has broad prospects for development

At present, the concept of “global warfare” only has a theoretical basis, and it still takes a lot of effort to convert theory into practice. The vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff clearly stated in an interview: “The seamless integration of various fields and effective command and control are still a daunting challenge. We are not sure how to do it, and no one has a ready-made answer.”

In the process of achieving true joint operations, there are obstacles in various aspects, including culture, economy, and politics. These problems will affect the establishment of truly joint combat forces and joint combat modes. First, each service has formed its own unique combat style and combat culture in the long-term development process. The differences in the culture of different services may lead to different concepts of combat focus on the construction of joint combat forces, which in turn leads to unclear directions and goals for force construction. Secondly, the budget for military construction is limited, and each service will try its best to use it for the update and research and development of its own weapons and equipment, resulting in the budget giving priority to meeting the needs of each service rather than joint combat needs. Finally, it is difficult for the Ministry of National Defense to obtain the power of integrated government and allies. “Cross-domain coordination” is a game of national comprehensive power, which includes politics, economy, diplomacy, intelligence and other aspects. It requires the coordination and coordination of government agencies in various fields of the country, and relying solely on the Ministry of National Defense does not have enough power to achieve the integration of various forces.

These issues all affect the development of “all-domain warfare”, but in any case, as a new combat concept, “all-domain warfare” will surely become an important mode of future combat. The United States released the “Joint All-Domain Combat Software” in April this year, aiming to develop theater-level joint all-domain combat software to allocate combat resources and achieve coordinated killing in the fields of land, sea, air, space, and electromagnetic fields. This action also shows the United States’ determination to achieve “all-domain warfare.” (Zhang Haoyue, Shen Qiyou, Ma Jianguang)

(Editors: Huang Zijuan, Chen Yu)

現代國語:

“多域融合作戰”與“跨域協同作戰”是美軍近年來最新提出的作戰思想,指導著美國軍種作戰概念逐步向聯合概念升級演進,並以此為基礎打造全新戰爭樣式,建設涵蓋“陸、海、空、天、網”等全部作戰領域,融合太空、網絡、威懾、運輸、電磁頻譜、導彈防禦等各種能力的聯合作戰部隊。透過這種全新的作戰思想與俄羅斯等競爭對手在各領域內角力較量,發展不對稱優勢,確保本國軍事實力的領先地位。多域融合作戰與跨域攻防在實戰中有著怎樣的優勢,發展前景又如何呢?

全局戰概念演變過程

1970年代中期後,美國陸軍先後提出了「中心戰」、「擴大的戰場」和「一體化戰場」等作戰思想,形成了「空地一體戰」作戰理論。空地一體作戰要求地面部隊與空軍協調統一,在空軍實施戰場空中遮斷和進攻性空中支援的基礎上進行縱深作戰,首次出現了多兵種協同作戰的作戰思想,這一作戰理論也在海灣戰爭中得到了實戰檢驗。這就是多域戰乃至全局戰思想誕生的起點。

2016年10月3日,美陸軍協會年會上,時任美國陸軍訓練與條令司令部司令的大衛·G·珀金斯將軍發表公開演講,首次使用“域”一詞精確概括出了國際戰爭的新形式,提出美國“所有領域均受到挑戰”、“單一領域的優勢 無法贏得戰爭”等觀點,進而推出了“多域戰鬥”的概念。 「多域戰鬥」的作戰思想要求各軍種作戰力量之間密切合作,摒棄追求各自單一領域制權的軍種思維慣性,為國家指揮當局提供一種「多域方案」。

2018年10月,美國陸軍訓練與條令司令部頒布了《美國陸軍多域作戰2028》概念1.5版本,作為目前最為成熟的一版概念,它以“作戰”一詞替換了原有的“戰鬥”,對“多域戰鬥”概念進行了延伸拓展。 「多域戰鬥」的概念僅適用於衝突階段,但在民族國家競爭成為世界局勢新要素的情況下,僅僅贏得實戰衝突的勝利對於作戰大背景的意義是非常有限的,因此必須將「多域」概念延拓深化。 「多域作戰」這個概念就是在「競爭、武裝衝突和重回競爭」這個「競爭連續體」中引入了跨政府、跨機構的相關要素,提出「多域戰」中的「校準力量態勢、運用多域編隊、達成多域聚合」三項核心理念,明確了「多域編隊」的具體需求,細化了不同層級部隊在「多域作戰」中具備的具體領域作戰能力」。

「跨域協同」指的是各軍種透過相互合作彌補其他部隊在戰鬥中存在的不足進而實現各領域的互補增效,最終成功完成戰鬥任務。在多域融合與跨域協同的基本思想指引下,美軍形成了「全域戰」的概念,即在戰訓的全過程中發展各兵種聯合作戰的能力,實現軍隊向聯合作戰部隊轉型。

全局作戰優勢顯著

就目前國際軍事發展情勢來看,各國面對的將是一個日益複雜、致命、極度活躍、都市化的戰場,作戰環境越來越脆弱,傳統戰場的作戰模式已經不再適用於當代戰爭。在這種背景下,美軍提出了全域戰的理念,以期應對日益複雜的國際環境。多域作戰與跨域攻防在現代化戰場上究竟有何優勢呢?

多域融合能使不同兵種力量優勢疊加,劣勢互補。多域戰的前身「空地一體戰」就是20世紀80年代初,美軍為應對蘇聯坦克集群在歐洲平原對北約造成的巨大威脅而試圖建立的空軍與陸軍協同作戰的作戰樣式。這種作戰模式要求地面部隊與空中力量高度協同,地面部隊進行前線進攻性機動防禦作戰,空軍則透過打擊敵軍後方阻滯其對前線兵力的充實,進而為前線陸軍提供戰術支援。這也是美軍歷史上 首次進行空軍與陸軍的深度協作,提高了美軍軍隊作戰的複雜度與靈活性,使美軍戰術選擇更加豐富且具有活力,對敵人造成更大了戰略威懾。

另一方面,跨域攻防能擴大不對稱優勢,對敵軍力量發揮產生更大限制。由於跨域攻防的概念強調不同領域攻防力量相互配合,因此,在戰鬥過程中,軍隊可以透過自己的優勢領域向敵軍施加更大壓力,使敵人的力量難以得到最大程度的發揮,進而擴大不對稱優勢,最大程度展現自身實力而削弱敵軍力量。各國近年都來非常重視網路電磁領域的技術開發研究,某種程度上就是因為網路電磁領域是隨著資訊時代而來的新產物,試圖趕超老牌強國的新興大國能夠透過這個領域的發展建立自身優勢,而老牌強國不希望被追趕,出現能夠被敵軍當作弱點打擊的領域。因此各國都不約而同地將網路電磁領域的研究發展作為了自己目前發展的重點領域之一,這也體現了跨域攻防在現代資訊化智慧戰爭中的巨大力量。

全局戰發展前景廣闊

目前,「全局戰」這一理念只是擁有了理論基礎,要將理論轉換為實踐仍需許多努力,美軍參聯會副主席在接受采訪時明確表示:“各領域的無縫融合和有效 指揮控制仍是一項艱鉅的挑戰,我們還不清楚究竟要如何做到,沒人有現成的答案。”

在實現真正的聯合作戰過程中,存在著包括文化、經濟、政治等各方面的阻礙,這些問題都會影響真正意義上的聯合作戰部隊、聯合作戰模式的建立。首先,各軍種在長期發展過程中都形成了本軍種特有的作戰樣式與戰鬥文化,不同軍種文化的分歧可能導致對聯合作戰部隊建設的作戰重點觀念不同,進而造成部隊建設的方向模糊,目標不明確。其次,軍隊建設預算有限,各軍種都會盡力爭取用於自身武器裝備更新研發,導致預算優先滿足各軍種需求而非聯合作戰需求。最後,國防部難以獲取整合政府與盟國力量,「跨域協同」是國家綜合力量的博弈,包含了政治、經濟、外交、情報等各個方面,需要國家各領域政府機構力量的配合協同,而僅依靠國防部是沒有足夠的權力實現各力量的整合。

這些問題都影響著“全局戰”的發展進程,但無論如何,作為新型作戰理念的“全局戰”都必將成為未來作戰的重要模式,美國更是在今年4月發布了“聯合全局作戰軟體”,旨在開發戰區級聯合全局作戰軟體,以編配作戰資源,實現陸、海、空、天、電磁等領域的協同殺傷。這項行動也昭示了美國實現「全域戰」的決心。 (張顴月、申起有、馬建光)

(編按:黃子娟、陳羽)

中國原創軍事資源:https://military.people.com.cn/n1/2020/0817/c1011-31824792888.html