Joint Vision 2020 was a document released on May 30, 2000, by the
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national sec ...
proclaiming the need for "
full-spectrum dominance
Full-spectrum dominance also known as full-spectrum superiority, is a military entity's achievement of control over all dimensions of the battlespace, effectively possessing an overwhelming diversity of resources in such areas as terrestrial, a ...
" on the battlefield. The Joint Vision 2020 concepts have subsequently formed the basis of United States
military doctrine.
The document envisages the military threats that might confront the United States in the year 2020 and possible responses to these threats.
Information operations
Information Operations is a category of direct and indirect support operations for the United States Military. By definition in Joint Publication 3-13, "IO are described as the integrated employment of electronic warfare (EW), computer network ...
were a primary focus of the document, as well as the rapidly-accelerating pace of technological development.
See also
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Network-centric warfare
Network-centric warfare, also called network-centric operations or net-centric warfare, is a military doctrine or theory of war that aims to translate an information advantage, enabled partly by information technology, into a competitive advantag ...
External links
''Joint Vision 2020'' online versionArchived on Nov 30, 2001
Defense Link article, June 2000
United States Department of Defense publications
United States military policies
2020 in the United States
2000 documents
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