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Article: Main vectors in Military Topographic and geodetic support studies.
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- Military Thought
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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The record of armed forces' involvement in military conflicts indicates that a new character of would-be wars has taken shape as have fundamentally new, more efficient methods of combat operations. The U.S. coalition forces and NATO countries demonstrated this most graphically in the course of Operation Shock and Awe in Iraq.
In many respects, the transition to new methods of combat operations became possible due to scientific advances in software for WME control systems. Against this background, changes are taking place in the system of combat information support, including topographic and geodetic support (TGS), something that occurs simultaneously with the ...