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ANNEX H TO
D/ACDS (CONCEPTS)108/5 DATED OCT 89
UK C31 CAPABILITIES FOR O0A OPERATIONS
1.
The need to be able to conduct operations OOA imposes a
continuing requirement for the ability to communicate world- wide. The variety of possible needs in 00A operations
dictates that communication facilities be flexible.
Increasingly, vital operational, intelligence and logistic information will be held in computer based information
systems, while the availability of sensor information will
continue to grow. This, coupled with the need for real time,
or near real time, information flow means that the demand for
communications capacity will continue to increase, both
between the UK base and the 00A force and within the force
itself. At the same time, the proliferation of new technology
will significantly enhance the EW and SIGINT threat OOA, implying that the ECM protection afforded to communications
OOA will have to be as comprehensive as that provided for NATO
operations.
COMMUNICATIONS
2.
Strategic Rear Links.
The primary means of communication
Only
to a force deployed OOA is almost always satellite.
SATCOM offers the reliability and high capacity required for
modern secure speech and data systems. Although SATCOM can be
jammed under certain circumstances, future satellites will incorporate improved resistance to jamming and the advantages
of SATCOM will continue to outweigh the risks for the
foreseeable future, provided some backup is available.
Landline communications can occasionally be used to a force
deployed on land but in an OOA context they provide a tenuous
and vulnerable link reliant on other nations' authorities.
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