RQ-2 Pioneer: The Flawed System that Redefined US Unmanned Aviation

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Abstract:

One of the greatest challenges military commanders face in the planning and execution of warfare is minimizing the fog of war. That gray area in which there is a knowledge gap of what the adversary is going to do at a given time or place, or how ones own forces will react to a given scenario during a campaign. The great military strategist Carl Von Clausewitz, in his work On War, described this phenomenon as an uncertainty that is present in three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based, and as such results in war being a realm of chances.

Author(s):
Major, Richard
Author Organization(s):
Air Command And Staff College Mawell AFB United States
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pagination:
0021

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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;

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Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_2.1.4_Evaluation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_4.3_Maintain
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
unmanned aerial vehicles, warfare, lessons learned, remotely piloted vehicles, intelligence collection
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Keyword(s):
20002, 10015
Report Date:
2012 Feb 01
Creation Date:
2017 Jun 09