Fog of war
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The fog of war is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding one's own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during an engagement, operation, or campaign. Military forces try to reduce the fog of war through military intelligence and friendly force tracking systems.
A block wargame, Richard III by Columbia Games, showing the fog of war in play: the red player can see the identity of his own pieces, but not those of the white player.
Command and control
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Command and control is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... [that] employs human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or enterprise, according to a 2015 definition by military scientists Marius Vassiliou, David S. Alberts, and Jonathan R. Agre. The term often refers to a military system.
A watchstander at her station in the combat information center of USS Carl Vinson in the year 2001
Embraer R-99 MULTI INTEL, an example of aircraft with C3I capabilities
The Soviet nuclear-powered command and control naval ship SSV-33 Ural in the year 1988
Joint Operations Center watch standers aboard the command ship USS Mount Whitney in the year 2005