Battlefield Transparent Battlefield transparency can be understood on two levels, which are on the tactical level and the media communication level; the battlefield transparency can also be referred to as information supremacy. On the tactical level, battlefield transparency means that the commander can directly feel the progress of the war through a variety of information techniques. In addition, the commanders can also restrict or hinder the enemy to receive the battlefield information by technical means; this is known as information supremacy. On the other hand, battlefield transparency has a strong psychological deterrent capability; it can suppress the morale of the enemy. The most famous example of battlefield transparent is also occurred
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The US military forces released a lot about weapons firing image and video on the mainstream media around the world. These weapons firing images fully demonstrated the US military advanced weapons and powerful offensive capabilities. These weapons firing images are constantly appearing in newspapers and broadcast on television; these images gave a strong psychological deterrent to enemy soldiers. When the enemy soldiers saw a large number of tanks and other heavy equipments were destroyed by the US military in every day, their fighting confidence are also be destroyed at the same time (Hutchinson, 2006, p. 213). A lot of negative information and images can quickly disintegrating the psychological defence of the enemy forces. Therefore, battlefield information published in the media is actually another kind of battlefield transparent; the main purpose of this kind of battlefield transparent is to destroy the enemy psychological …show more content…
In the Afghanistan War, the electronic surveillance pods are widely used in various types of helicopters (Mcleary, 2013). In the past, aerial reconnaissance needs the pilot to visually identify the target, thus the pilots are very easy to be hit by ground fire. However, the advent of electronic pods let the pilots can search and identify the targets that beyond their visual range; the pilot no longer needs to venture into the dangerous visual range. The pilots can hover at a distant place to identify the target through electronic pods; the electronic surveillance pods effectively improve the efficiency and safety of aerial
The US military forces released a lot about weapons firing image and video on the mainstream media around the world. These weapons firing images fully demonstrated the US military advanced weapons and powerful offensive capabilities. These weapons firing images are constantly appearing in newspapers and broadcast on television; these images gave a strong psychological deterrent to enemy soldiers. When the enemy soldiers saw a large number of tanks and other heavy equipments were destroyed by the US military in every day, their fighting confidence are also be destroyed at the same time (Hutchinson, 2006, p. 213). A lot of negative information and images can quickly disintegrating the psychological defence of the enemy forces. Therefore, battlefield information published in the media is actually another kind of battlefield transparent; the main purpose of this kind of battlefield transparent is to destroy the enemy psychological …show more content…
In the Afghanistan War, the electronic surveillance pods are widely used in various types of helicopters (Mcleary, 2013). In the past, aerial reconnaissance needs the pilot to visually identify the target, thus the pilots are very easy to be hit by ground fire. However, the advent of electronic pods let the pilots can search and identify the targets that beyond their visual range; the pilot no longer needs to venture into the dangerous visual range. The pilots can hover at a distant place to identify the target through electronic pods; the electronic surveillance pods effectively improve the efficiency and safety of aerial