Firepower to win : Australian Defence Force joint fires in 2020 / Alan Titheridge, Gary Waters, Ross Babbage
- Bib ID:
- 4219222
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- Author:
- Titheridge, Alan, 1946-
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- Giralang, A.C.T. : Kokoda Foundation, 2007
- viii, 54 p. : 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780975821848
- Series:
- Kokoda papers, 1833-0185 ; 5.
- Summary:
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"This report discusses how the Australian Defence Force (ADF) should coordinate the delivery of joint military firepower against opposing targets in the 2020 timeframe. Performing this 'Joint Fires' function well will be essential for the ADF's future combat success. Delivering Joint Fires is a very demanding and complicated task. It is generally needed when Australian forces are in close contact with adversary forces. It requires close inter-service coordination, is often time-sensitive, usually entails the delivery of lethal force and its consequences can be far-reaching. Australia's Joint Fires capability needs to be developed as an integrated system. Component units and individuals need to be trained and equipped to perform within a highly responsive and flexible team. In order to foster this teamwork an early priority should be the acquisition of a synthetic environment within which military units can be trained and exercised in a wide range of Joint Fires scenarios. The ADF's integrated Joint Fires System cannot be developed effectively by taking ad hoc incremental steps. Hence this report argues that Australia's Joint Fires System needs to be steered by a 'champion', who should be the Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF), the Joint Capability Manager. This report argues that VCDF should carry responsibility for designing, developing and delivering a highly effective and efficient Joint Fires capability by 2020. Effectively VCDF would champion the development of the system that Chief of Joint Operations (CJOPS) would use, as CJOPS is the senior officer responsible, either directly or indirectly, for the execution of Joint Fires." --Provided by publisher.
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