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SAS-151 conducts Joint Wargame and Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC) Concept Development Workshop
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NATO’s Military Committee, the senior military authority in NATO, directed Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the STO Research Task Group SAS-151 to support the Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC) concept development and experimentation. Research Task Group SAS-151 titled “Solutions Enabling Intermediate Force/Non-lethal Weapon Contributions to Mission Success” is a multinational team of experts operating under the umbrella of the STO, overseen by the STO’s System Analysis and Studies (SAS) Panel. Led by United States, the research team consists of representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation.
Leveraging earlier Maritime, Land, Information Operations, and Countering Disinformation games, SAS-151 worked closely with ACT’s Operational Experimentation and Concept Development Branches to develop and conduct a Joint Wargame that took place 1-4 November. This wargame combined a Tactical Kriegsspiel with a Strategic Matrix Game, comparing actions and outcomes using conventional capabilities (Baseline Case) versus when NATO also had advanced Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC Case).
Both the Baseline and IFC Cases were assessed for the same scenario: a contested Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO). There were noteworthy differences. In the Baseline Case, NATO forces lost significant time and failed to gain the initiative versus a near-peer adversary and its proxy militia. When NATO had IFC – Non-Lethal Weapons (especially Non-Lethal Directed Energy), Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Information Operations, and other means beyond presence but below lethal force thresholds – superior to the adversary’s, this resulted in significant time/space advantages.
The following week, SAS-151 and ACT conducted an IFC Concept Development Workshop from 8-10 November. The workshop leveraged not only initial Joint Wargame insights but also expert inputs from across relevant communities of interest to build on the 3rd draft of the IFC Concept. Based on these insights and inputs, the final draft of the IFC Concept will be provided to ACT by the end of the year, at which point it will be staffed and submitted to the Military Committee for approval.
For more information, please
contact the SAS Panel Office
.
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NATO’s Military Committee, the senior military authority in NATO, directed Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the STO Research Task Group SAS-151 to support the Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC) concept development and experimentation. Research Task Group SAS-151 titled “Solutions Enabling Intermediate Force/Non-lethal Weapon Contributions to Mission Success” is a multinational team of experts operating under the umbrella of the STO, overseen by the STO’s System Analysis and Studies (SAS) Panel. Led by United States, the research team consists of representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation.
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Non-lethal capabilities will expand the range of options for commanders and troops
Non-lethal Weapons, like the Laser Induced Plasma Effect program, to deter, stun, stop adversaries
NATO’s Military Committee, the senior military authority in NATO, directed Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the STO Research Task Group SAS-151 to support the Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC) concept development and experimentation. Research Task Group SAS-151 titled “Solutions Enabling Intermediate Force/Non-lethal Weapon Contributions to Mission Success” is a multinational team of experts operating under the umbrella of the STO, overseen by the STO’s System Analysis and Studies (SAS) Panel. Led by United States, the research team consists of representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and HQ Supreme Allied Command Transformation.
Leveraging earlier Maritime, Land, Information Operations, and Countering Disinformation games, SAS-151 worked closely with ACT’s Operational Experimentation and Concept Development Branches to develop and conduct a Joint Wargame that took place 1-4 November. This wargame combined a Tactical Kriegsspiel with a Strategic Matrix Game, comparing actions and outcomes using conventional capabilities (Baseline Case) versus when NATO also had advanced Intermediate Force Capabilities (IFC Case).
Both the Baseline and IFC Cases were assessed for the same scenario: a contested Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO). There were noteworthy differences. In the Baseline Case, NATO forces lost significant time and failed to gain the initiative versus a near-peer adversary and its proxy militia. When NATO had IFC – Non-Lethal Weapons (especially Non-Lethal Directed Energy), Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Information Operations, and other means beyond presence but below lethal force thresholds – superior to the adversary’s, this resulted in significant time/space advantages.
The following week, SAS-151 and ACT conducted an IFC Concept Development Workshop from 8-10 November. The workshop leveraged not only initial Joint Wargame insights but also expert inputs from across relevant communities of interest to build on the 3rd draft of the IFC Concept. Based on these insights and inputs, the final draft of the IFC Concept will be provided to ACT by the end of the year, at which point it will be staffed and submitted to the Military Committee for approval.
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For more information, please
contact the SAS Panel Office
.
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