MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
commonly called network-centric operations, a new military doctrine or theory of war.The new doctrine calls for creating a combined control system facilitating online target acquisition, information exchange, target allocation and command communication. The proposed system would also monitor the state of military units and their equipment.
Such control systems reduce the time needed to issue orders, including those for individual soldiers, ten-fold and provide a considerable advantage against enemy forces lacking such equipment. This is a vital pre-condition of modern warfare.
Russia lags behind other countries in the development of such equipment. This may create a permanent and even aggravated gap in terms of equipment levels compared with the armed forces of leading NATO countries and some other states.
Russia started developing automated troop-control systems in the 1980s when the Manyovr (Maneuver) control system was tested and won acclaim from
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