2 agenda 3 foreword 4 lessons learned/identified - major lessons learned in afghanistan

Rome, 20 March 2014Lt.Gen. Roberto BERNARDINICommander, Italian Land Forces

AIR POWER IN LAND OPERATIONS

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INTRODUCTION

MAIN LESSONS LEARNED/IDENTIFIED FROM THE OPERATIONAL THEATRES

FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS

THE ARMY CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POWER

MAJOR AIR/LAND INTERACTION FACTORS

CONCLUSIONS

AGENDA

3FOREWORD

JOINT CHARACTER OF ALL OPERATIONS

4LESSONS LEARNED/IDENTIFIED

- Major Lessons Learned in Afghanistan

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS COMPLEX AIR OPERATIONS

DISTRIBUTED OPERATIONS PROJECTION AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT

5LESSONS LEARNED/IDENTIFIED

- Main Lessons Learned On Recent Operations

PRECISION ENGAGEMENT AIR/LAND CAMPAIGN

AIR SUPERIORITY DEEP OPERATIONS

MALI 2013

IVORY COAST 2004

GAZA 2008 - 2009

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AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST

SOUTHERN ASIA

SOUTHERN EUROPE

NEW EMERGING POWERS

WIDESPREAD FRAGILE STATES

COMPETITION FOR BASIC RESOURCES

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

IMMIGRATION

DISSEMINATION OF DUAL USE TECHNOLOGIES

FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM DUE TO HUMAN EFFECTS

FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS - The global picture -

FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS - Characters of Future Operational Environments - 7

FORCESTHINNED AND

DISPERSED FORMATIONS

CIVIL-MILITARY COOPERATION

IRREGULARCONVENTIONAL HYBRID

DISSEMINATIONOF

TECHNOLOGYPRESENCE

OF CIVILIANS

HUMAN DIMENSION

THREAT

DEGRADEDINFRASTRUCTUR

E

TRAINING LOCAL FORCES

=

BOOTS ON THE GROUND

PRESENCE ON THE FIELD

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=HIGH INTENSITY

COMBAT

CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT/HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

MAY OVERLAP IN THE AREAS

WHERE FORCES ARE DEPLOYED

BUFFERING

AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE

USE OF MILITARY FORCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICTS, FROM PREVENTION OF CRISES TO POST-CONFLICT

FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS - Future Deployment Scenarios -

9FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS

Constant factors on operations: integration and versatility

DUAL CAPABILITIES FOR

MULTINATIONAL INTEGRATION AND

MILITARY ASSISTANCE

SPECIAL FORCES

RECONNAISSANCE

AND SURVEILLANCE

(ISTAR)

VERSATILE UNITS TAILORED TO THE

MISSION/OPERATION

GROUND MANOEUVRE

FIRE SUPPORT

AIR & SPACE

GROUND

SOLDIER SYSTEM

CONDUCTS TACTICALSTABILISATION AND COMBAT ACTIVITIES, EVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY

DEPLOYS COMBINED ARMS FORMATIONS WITH SUITABLE TACTICAL AND LOGISTIC ENDURANCE

CONDUCTS INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN OPERATIONS

DEVELOPS MANOEUVRE BY COMBINING LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL EFFECTS

INTEGRATES INTO JOINT, MULTINATIONAL, AND CIVIL-MILITARY FORMATIONS, AND WITH LOCAL FORCES

SYNCHRONISES ITS MANOEUVRE WITH THAT OF SPECIAL FORCES AND OF THE AIR AND NAVAL COMPONENT

10FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS

- Combined Arms Manoeuvre Brigades -

A BRIGADE-LEVEL UNIT ABLE TO CONDUCT COMPLEX

OPERATIONS INDEPENDENTLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE

SPECTRUM OF CONFLICTS

x

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OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE COUNTER AIR

CLOSE AIR SUPPORT

AIR INTERDICTIONISTAR AND

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

INTRA-THEATRE AND STRATEGIC MOBILITY

INTEGRATION INTO C2 STRUCTURES TO SUPPORT COMPLEX

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS

« SHAPING THE JOINT BATTLESPACE, NEUTRALISING THE ENEMY, PROTECTING OWN FORCES, AND EXPLOITING SUCCESS »

FUTURE LAND OPERATIONS - The Role of the Air Component

AIRMOBILEOPERATIONS

COMBAT SUPPORT

AIRMECHANISEDOPERATIONS

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

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THREEINTEGRATED

FORCES

THE ARMY CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POWER - The Role of Army Capabilities: The Army Aviation -

14THE ARMY CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POWER

- The Role of Army Capabilities: ISTAR –

TACTICAL UAVs

MINI-UAVs

MICRO-UAVs

INTEGRATION OF ISTAR CAPABILITIES INTO THE LAND COMPONENT AT THE REGIMENT, BRIGADE, DIVISION AND

CORPS LEVELS

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MSAM / BMD Interim Capability

Counter Rockets,Artillery and Mortars

(CRAM)

SHORAD

V/SHORAD

THE ARMY CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POWER - The Role of Army Capabilities: Air Defence Artillery

16THE ARMY CONTRIBUTION TO AIR POWER

- The Role of Army Capabilities: The Airborne Force -

AIRBORNE UNITS

AIR RESUPPLIERS

PARACHUTING TRAINING CENTRE

SHORT-TERM NOTICE STRATEGIC PROJECTION OPERATIONAL ACCESS TO NON-PERMISSIVE THEATRES

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MAJOR AIR/LAND INTERACTION FACTORS

MODELING &

SIMULATION

JOINT TASK FORCE HQ

COORDINATION AND

SYNCHRONISATION OF FIRES AND INTELLIGENCE

INTEGRATED

TRAININGJOINT

INTEGRATEDMANOEUVRE

18CONCLUSIONS

ARMY AND AIR POWER: ARMY AVIATION, AIR DEFENCE ARTILLERY,

ISTAR, AIRBORNE FORCE

INTEGRATED TRAINING TO CONDUCT COMPLEX OPERATIONS

INTEGRATED EXPEDITIONARYC2 ARCHITECTURES

THIRTY YEARS OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO CAPITALISE ON

EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN THE NUMBER AND COMPLEXITY OF ASSETS FOR FIRE SUPPORT, ISTAR AND FORCE

PROTECTION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES AND INSTRUMENTS

OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ON THE FIELD PROTECTION OF FORCES AND CIVIL POPULATION

Rome, 20 March 2014Lt.Gen. Roberto BERNARDINICommander, Italian Land Forces

AIR POWER IN LAND OPERATIONS