Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson wants the U.S. Navy to expand wargames to include cyber and information warfare tactics to deter the rapidly changing capabilities of adversaries in the battlefield, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday.
The call comes during the growing efforts of other service branches to incorporate multi-domain operations into their wargaming. The U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps are exploring ways to launch coordinated attacks across land, air, sea, space and cyber domains. However, the Navy has yet to set the same initiative to conduct such operations.
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Richardson said that operations across all domains require “nanosecond timing†and that robust wargaming would help the Navy prepare for future multi-domain operations. The admiral also noted the service should prioritize rapid prototyping and the deployment of new weapons systems to improve its capabilities. Richardson described the long schedule to develop new systems as “a self-inflicted wound.â€
