Australia: catch all

[Jedburgh]

ASPI, 28 Aug 08: ADF Capability Review: C4ISR(EW)

Over the last few years, the concept of network centric warfare (NCW) has been at the forefront of planning for the way the Australian Defence Force will conduct warfare. The basic idea is that the ADF will use advances in communication and computer technology to take advantage of the sensors and systems of its various components, wherever they are located, and be able to draw the collective data together into common operating pictures. In the world of NCW, the ‘fog of war’ can be pierced by advanced sensors which immediately transmit their information to a network of men and machines that orient, decide, and act on that information in near real-time. Acknowledging the limits of similes, C4ISR is to the ADF what the nervous system, eyes and ears are to the human body.....

[Mark O'Neill]

gather exists in the realm where it can be readily collected and disseminated by technical means.

Of course, you are up the proverbial if collection involves unfortunate 'low tech' frailities in the system like dependance upon HUMINT.

Good thing that Australia isn't involved in any current fights where human factors and HUMINT are central...

Well done ASPI.