The Army’s Most Important Warfighting Tool Isn’t A Weapon, It’s A Network (From Forbes)

The U.S. Army is in the midst of a generational transformation that will carry it from the industrial age into the digital era. The centerpiece of this shift isn’t a weapon system, it’s a warfighting network that enables what the service calls “multi-domain operations.” Without such a network, soldiers won’t know where enemy forces are or which weapons are best suited to defeating them. But it isn’t enough just to have a network; it has to be accessible, flexible, resilient and secure. I have written a commentary for Forbes here.