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is chosen as the JHQ for an O0A operation will require access to the systems of the other two for use by the reinforcing staffs. In addition, staffs in a deployed JFHQ will require access to these systems over SATCOM, though the terminal equipments are currently not established or ruggedized and are provided by improvisation. Similarly, the JHQ will have

access to MODCIS (the successor to the JOC ADP system). endorsed policy that future C31 systems should be interoperable (2) and this is especially desirable in the case of 00A operations so as to reduce both communications demand and the variety of terminal equipments in use, but it is not certain that an adequate degree of interoperability will be achieved with the generation of systems coming into service in the 1990s and it may not be until a later generation of systems that this need is satisfied. meantime, the separate systems will have to be provided where they are required, with information exchanged manually. Equally important is access to the C3I systems of allies, especially those of the US. True interoperability is a highly desirable goal but will be difficult to achieve, and in its absence the proliferation of different terminals, additional loading on communications and workload involved in the manual exchange of data will increase. Prior to Operation GRANBY no provision was made for the extension of CCIS within a deployed land force. An interim system was provided during Operation Granby and the same or a similar facility is likely to be required in any future OOA operation involving a sizeable deployed force.

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7. A 1988 UKCICC study, Project MINERVA (3), proposed a comprehensive intelligence ADP system to support OOA operations, with terminals in the 4-star HQs and in the JFHQ. A number of facilities were provided on an ad hoc basis during Operation GRANBY, but the requirement has now been subsumed into the overall intelligence strategy developed by

2CDS 8/87 - A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C31). 3UKCICC 50F dated 25 Jul 88- Project MINERVA Final Report.

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