STRATEGIES AND CAPABILITIES USED FOR SHAPING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
The complexity of today's operational environment entails a series of activities and actions aimed to prepare it before acting or introducing forces in order to conduct military actions. These activities / actions are designed to shape the operational environment, in such a way that, the success of the forces operating in that area would be largely assured. Shaping the operational environment is a detailed process, from political strategic to tactical level that involves detailed planning and precise execution over a variable period of time from years to hours or minutes. The means, capabilities, or „tools”through which this is accomplished, is what we intend to detail in this paper.
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