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At the core of this new definition of stealth are autonomous unmanned platforms designed to change their properties so that they can operate in all environments \u2013 land, sea and air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These platforms, inspired by the principles of Mosaic warfare, will serve as the cornerstone of a dynamic and adaptive force structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example such an unmanned vehicle would be able to drive towards a hostile coast under the sea and then continue inland by going ashore and activating its crawlers. In any case, its outer casing will resemble a rock, a seemingly harmless object that is common both on the seabed and on land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this seemingly innocuous object will have the ability to gather intelligence, perform precision strikes, roam a certain area as a mine, or act as a decoy to confuse enemy defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what will set these platforms apart as an emerging threat will not only be their ability to blend into their environment, but also to employ a variable-velocity attack vehicle toward their targets, thereby avoiding detection and maximizing surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Precisely the surprise or otherwise the maximization of the surprise is the definition of the concept of stealth. Simply being undetectable is a concept that is intertwined with stealth but is not its defining definition. For example, in this case the unmanned vehicle will be detected, but it will be categorized as something harmless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Variable speed as a Stealth parameter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In today’s war situations adversaries tend to strike from multiple directions using swarm tactics. But the ability of a lone attacker will be invaluable in not arousing suspicion in the opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A hallmark of increasing stealth for these autonomous unmanned platforms will be not only mimicking them with physical objects but also adjusting their speed to remain below the threshold of the adversary’s understanding of them as hostile attacking elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine a shark swimming nonchalantly around a frigate or on course to meet it at some future time. Its speed does not predispose to an aggressive element, such as a torpedo, but at some point it will be very close to the frigate. One such research is found in An Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Torpedoes Attack Behavior Autonomous Decision-Making Method Based on Model Fusion, by Liqiang Guo et al. with related research already existing in 2018 (How Robot Stingrays Could One Day Sink a Battleship).<\/p>\n\n\n\n But at some point when it will have approached it, the previously harmless element of marine life will turn into a very dangerous mine with high chances of a successful strike. Today’s countermeasures for warships are designed to deal with torpedoes, so at some point countermeasures for attack vectors with lower velocities as well as highly non-linear velocity profiles will have to be incorporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So these unmanned platforms will be highly indistinguishable from existing offensive systems and present a formidable challenge to identifying them as offensive assets even for the most advanced surveillance systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s more, these platforms may even be able to break apart, and pass through an underwater harbor or ship defense net as individual smaller fish and reassemble on the other side as the larger more destructive superset.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This stealth concept has its roots in mosaic warfare, a strategy that harnesses the collective power of diverse and autonomous platforms to achieve strategic goals. In this context, each platform serves a specific role, either as a sensor, attack payload, or decoy, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the overall superset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The integration of innocuous camouflaged, multi-domain platforms with variable speed attack vehicles with technology that allows them to change their composition or size will add a new dimension to the concept of stealth, enhancing its adaptability and lethality in the ever-changing future battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, this revolutionary approach will not be without its challenges and controversies. Skeptics may question the concealability of such platforms, the ability to break apart and reassemble again, or argue that advanced surveillance technologies could detect any kind of threat given the surveillance time and sample quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the key lies in the art of cheating and the huge diversity of platforms within the mosaic war. By dispersing these platforms across the battlefield and taking advantage of their inherent agility, their detectability will be reduced and the element of surprise will be increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, the effectiveness of this concept is not purely theoretical. Examples from modern conflicts and emerging technologies provide compelling evidence for the feasibility and capabilities of unmanned platforms. From the use of drones in asymmetric warfare to the development of advanced camouflage materials, the foundations have already been laid for multi-domain platforms with multiple camouflage elements and variable speed attack vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In conclusion, the new definition of stealth in modern warfare represents a paradigm shift \u2013 a departure from the traditional to the innovative, adaptable and unexpected. By embracing autonomous platforms that blend in with their environment and strike at variable speeds, the corresponding war industry that invests in relevant research and development will be able to stay one step ahead of its adversaries, maintaining a strategic advantage in an increasingly complex and unpredictable battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the relentless evolution of modern warfare, the concept of stealth will exceed its conventional limits in the areas of the magnitude of surprise…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,2845,7,1168,2960],"tags":[5350,5351,2194,5352],"class_list":["post-18201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-science","category-military-strategy-doctrines","category-research","category-science-technology","category-technology","tag-multi-aspect-camouflage","tag-multi-domain-platforms","tag-stealth","tag-variable-speed-attack-vectors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18206,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions\/18206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-116.png\")
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