Future Warfare 20XX Wargame Series: Lessons Learned Report

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CONTENTS

I. THE FUTURE WARFARE 20XX WARGAME SERIES . 1

Background 1

Scenarios . 2

Methodology.4

Key Drivers of the 20XX Regime . 5

Nuclear Weapons and Limited War 5

Offensive Dominance . 5

The Centrality of Stealth 6

Warfare in 20XX: Capabilities and Key Challenges. 7

War in the Air 9

War on Land 11

War at Sea 13

War in Space. 15

War in Cyberspace and The Biological Realm . 15

II. STRATEGIC CONCEPTS, FUTURE FORCE POSTURES & THE OPERATIONAL

ENVIRONMENT 17

Invisible Presence . 17

Reversible Force Strategies 18

Strategies of Preemption and Denial 19

Strategic Learning Operations 21

Operations in Restricted, Transparent Urban Environments 22

III. OPERATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPTS 25

Exoskeleton-Based Ground Operations. 25

Anti-Access Constrained Urban Eviction 27

Building Clearing Aided by MAVs 29

Micro Joint Task Force Operations . 29

Assured Space Reconstitution 30

Extended Air Sustainment and Airborne Basing . 32

Information Baiting Operations . 34

Cascading Undersea Control Operations in Inner, Defended Seas 35

IV. IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION . 39

Air Forces. 39

B-2 Stealth Bombers. 40

Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) 42

High-Altitude, Long-Endurance Stealthy UAVs 43

Stealthy Transports and Aerial Refuelers 45

Ground Forces 47

Performance-Enhancing Exoskeletons 48

Unmanned Ground Vehicles. 49

MAVs and Microrobots . 50

Remote Missile Pods 51

Deception Tools 52

Naval Forces 53

Nuclear-Powered, Guided-Missile Submarines (SSGNs) 55

Undersea Strike Modules . 58

Stealthy “Streetfighter” Ships 59

Long-Range, Multi-Purpose UUVs 60

Submerged Troop Insertion Vessels 61

Space Forces . 63

Space-Based Radar Constellation 63

Space Survivability Enhancements 65

Space Control Systems 66

Global Terrestrial Strike. 67

BW and IW Forces 68