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> We frustrate ourselves in attempting to acquire "maximum" capability in our deployed systems. Although we use the words, we have not internalized the reality
by lurk2 1y ago
> We frustrate ourselves in attempting to acquire "maximum" capability in our deployed systems. Although we use the words, we have not internalized the reality that we can no longer indulge in the "rich man" strategy of insuring against all possible adverse futures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-spectrum_dominance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-spectrum_dominance
> As early as April 2001 the United States Department of Defense defined "full-spectrum superiority" (FSS) as:[1]
The cumulative effect of dominance in the air, land, maritime, and space domains and information environment, which includes cyberspace, that permits the conduct of joint operations without effective opposition or prohibitive interference.
- pinkmuffinere 1y agoWith just the direct quotes here, I’m not sure what your claim is. Are you saying that the US _still_ was attempting to achieve maximum capability as of April 2001? If so, I’m not sure that is implied by the quotes provided. “The cumulative effect of dominance in…” does not imply that every deployed US system is the best, imo. I read it as saying the US dominates in all the listed regimes — not that each individual system is the best, but that the US is the best in each regime as a whole. There’s a subtle difference between the two
- lurk2 1y agoI just found it funny that there was a sense in this paper that America could no longer afford to be #1 across every domain, and that all of that seemed to go out the window as soon as the Soviet Union collapsed.
- pinkmuffinere 1y agoAh I see, lol