On the Genetics of Military Operations
Absztrakt :
Military operations are complex adaptive systems in which the means applied must
be regarded as important as the ends sought. Complex adaptive systems work in an
everything–affects–everything mode with various levels of interrelatedness. Conceptualizing military operations as a complex adaptive system allows biological
evolution to be used as point of departure. Thus military operations are seen as a
process that rests on adaptation and mutation in which the challenge is to offset
changing conditions coming both from the environment and interaction with the
enemy. The effects landscape as proposed metaphor makes clear that evolution by
natural selection and the conduct of war are intimately related. Both reflect conflict, survival, and conquest in a very similar and fundamental way. The proposed
metaphor helps think about military operations differently by also offering some
advantages.