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During Operation Desert Storm a quarter-century ago, the Army discovered a problem that\u00a0grew progressively worse with time: its command\u00a0network couldn’t keep up with the pace of battle.\u00a0 That was mainly because soldiers in combat needed to stop and set up stationary nodes to communicate with the\u00a0rest of the force.\u00a0\u00a0The Army’s\u00a0solution was the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical, or WIN-T.\u00a0 In its initial version, WIN-T greatly\u00a0enhanced the availability\u00a0of secure voice and data communications.\u00a0 The next step, called Increment 2, delivered similar functionality to commanders on the move.\u00a0 The Army has long said Increment 2 is critical to its future warfighting strategy.\u00a0 For some inexplicable reason, though, it now is poised to acquiesce in a plan that would slow fielding to two brigade sets per year — a rate that would delay equipping some units until after 2040.\u00a0 If Congress goes along with\u00a0this\u00a0uneconomical fielding plan, soldiers in future wars are likely to die for lack of adequate battlefield\u00a0links to the chain of command.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During Operation Desert Storm a quarter-century ago, the Army discovered a problem that\u00a0grew progressively worse with time: its command\u00a0network couldn’t keep up with the pace of battle.\u00a0 That was mainly because soldiers in combat needed to stop and set up stationary nodes to communicate with the\u00a0rest of the force.\u00a0\u00a0The Army’s\u00a0solution was the Warfighter Information Network […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIf Congress Slows The Army's Top Comms Upgrade To A Crawl, The Consequences Could Be Fatal (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/if-congress-slows-the-armys-top-comms-upgrade-to-a-crawl-the-consequences-could-be-fatal-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Congress Slows The Army's Top Comms Upgrade To A Crawl, The Consequences Could Be Fatal (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During Operation Desert Storm a quarter-century ago, the Army discovered a problem that\u00a0grew progressively worse with time: its command\u00a0network couldn’t keep up with the pace of battle.\u00a0 That was mainly because soldiers in combat needed to stop and set up stationary nodes to communicate with the\u00a0rest of the force.\u00a0\u00a0The Army’s\u00a0solution was the Warfighter Information Network […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/if-congress-slows-the-armys-top-comms-upgrade-to-a-crawl-the-consequences-could-be-fatal-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-02T21:37:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lex_share.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren B. 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