![]() ![]() The advanced technologies have to be infused with artificial intelligence in upgrading the target acquisition, precision in engagements with highly lethal payloads being delivered in real time using networked target acquisition and multitude of delivery platforms. The way ahead for the future is to consolidate and multiply the firepower by reworking the means of delivery, be it guns, missiles, aircraft or ships. Appropriate firepower assets are employed with the intention of causing punitive destruction and making the enemy lose its initiative, coherence and the will to fight even before the contact battle is joined. The destruction caused by fire is prohibitive and forces the enemy to take the desired course of action, in order to avoid death and destruction. In this, firepower plays a pivotal role, which includes discerning the enemy’s intentions early and engaging it with firepower, simultaneously in forward and depth areas. Successful shaping of the battlefield facilitates channelising the enemy to conform to one’s own strategy and design of battle. It basically indicates shaping a desired situation on the battlefield and gaining military advantage for its own forces. ‘Shaping the Battlefield’ is a recent idea coined for the manoeuvre of warfare. All the future wars with above characteristics will be fought in the backdrop of a NBC warfare threat. It will be characterised by quick, swift and short engagements with high intensity a non–linear battlefield extending into all three dimensions simultaneity of operations increased battlefield transparency and above all synergised and orchestrated employment of firepower with employment of precision and high-lethality weapon systems in a hybrid warfare environment. The future battlefield will extend over hundreds of kilometers. ![]() ![]() However, the potential magnitude of destruction could also act as deterrence to starting a future armed conflict and, therefore, provide stability and peace. The destruction is caused by firepower and, therefore, firepower delivered by any means will be pivotal to any future war, as has always been. Future battles will be highly intense and destructive. ![]()
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