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Chuck de CaroPresident
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Chuck de CaroPresident
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“Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character
of war…
…NOT upon those who wait until after those changes have occurred.”
--Air Marshal Giulio Douhet
“Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character
of war…
…NOT upon those who wait until after those changes have occurred.”
--Air Marshal Giulio Douhet
SOFTWARSOFTWAR
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Clausewitz:“War is violence to constrain the enemy to
accomplish our will”
Sun Tzu:“To win 100 victories in battles is not the acme of
skill…To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
Clausewitz:“War is violence to constrain the enemy to
accomplish our will”
Sun Tzu:“To win 100 victories in battles is not the acme of
skill…To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.”
SOFTWARSOFTWAR
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SOFTWARSOFTWAR
“SOFTWAR is the hostile use of global television to shape another society’s will by changing its view of reality.”
Chuck de Caro, 1991
“SOFTWAR is the hostile use of global television to shape another society’s will by changing its view of reality.”
Chuck de Caro, 1991
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Media WarMedia War
Osama bin Ladin:“It is obvious that the media war in this
century is one of the strongest methods; in fact, its ratio may reach 90% of the total preparation for the battles.”
-Letter from Osama bin Laden toMullah Omar – 2003
Osama bin Ladin:“It is obvious that the media war in this
century is one of the strongest methods; in fact, its ratio may reach 90% of the total preparation for the battles.”
-Letter from Osama bin Laden toMullah Omar – 2003
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The Nature of TelevisionThe Nature of Television
de Caro:“Television transfers information (to video
illiterates) through the perception of images and sound rather than hard fact”
de Caro:“Television transfers information (to video
illiterates) through the perception of images and sound rather than hard fact”
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Television Traits:Television Traits:
B-RollShorthand FeedbackPolitical Throw WeightQuality Roulette:
B-RollShorthand FeedbackPolitical Throw WeightQuality Roulette:
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Traits of the Global TV Business:Traits of the Global TV Business:
-Operating Realities-Naïve Editorial Stance
-Random Access Coverage-Capricious Override
-Media Amplifier-Warped Mirroring
- Feeding Frenzy
-Operating Realities-Naïve Editorial Stance
-Random Access Coverage-Capricious Override
-Media Amplifier-Warped Mirroring
- Feeding Frenzy
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The Universal Medium:The Universal Medium:
The U.S. military must be able to operate in a transparent environment, because any TV uplink means instantaneous global coverage. Therefore EVERY military operation automatically becomes a MIL-POL operation.
The U.S. military must be able to operate in a transparent environment, because any TV uplink means instantaneous global coverage. Therefore EVERY military operation automatically becomes a MIL-POL operation.
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Poor Man’s C3I:Poor Man’s C3I:
Global TV provides emerging powers with extremely low cost, extremely high quality, real-time intelligence on most U.S. Government operations.
Global TV provides emerging powers with extremely low cost, extremely high quality, real-time intelligence on most U.S. Government operations.
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…is also the Poor Man’sC2W…is also the Poor Man’sC2W
Adversaries are already projecting SOFTWAR against the United States by creating events to affect the U.S. body politic.
Adversaries are already projecting SOFTWAR against the United States by creating events to affect the U.S. body politic.
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Fundamental ChangeFundamental Change
SOFTWAR makes the concept of strategic, operational, and tactical obsolete.
Therefore, why are we still organized in a Napoleonic fashion?
SOFTWAR makes the concept of strategic, operational, and tactical obsolete.
Therefore, why are we still organized in a Napoleonic fashion?
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“The challenge is not to put a new idea in the military mind, but to put the old one out.”
-Sir Basil Liddell-Hart
“The challenge is not to put a new idea in the military mind, but to put the old one out.”
-Sir Basil Liddell-Hart
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“Nations make war the way they make money.”- Alvin Toffler, War and Antiwar
“Once you know how UBL made money, you can beat the bastard!”
- Chuck de Caro, Killing Al Q’aida
“Nations make war the way they make money.”- Alvin Toffler, War and Antiwar
“Once you know how UBL made money, you can beat the bastard!”
- Chuck de Caro, Killing Al Q’aida
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Attack the Strategy
Attack the Allies
Attack the Army
Attack the Strategy
Attack the Allies
Attack the Army
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Beggaring the opposition by exploiting the weaknesses of networked operations
Overwhelming the marketing effort with rolling, unending sets of “information tsunamis”
Beggaring the opposition by exploiting the weaknesses of networked operations
Overwhelming the marketing effort with rolling, unending sets of “information tsunamis”
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Six Principles of SOFTWAR1) Counter Propaganda2) Counter Programming3) Saturation4) Seduction5) Special Means6) Integration
Six Principles of SOFTWAR1) Counter Propaganda2) Counter Programming3) Saturation4) Seduction5) Special Means6) Integration
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ATTACK THE STRATEGY– Evaluate UBL’s media and telecommunications
methods– Create SOFTWAR cartography– Measure geodemographics in each region, test
programming– Launch Information Tsunamis
ATTACK THE STRATEGY– Evaluate UBL’s media and telecommunications
methods– Create SOFTWAR cartography– Measure geodemographics in each region, test
programming– Launch Information Tsunamis
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Integrated Information Warfare Plan with Kinetic Adjuncts rather than current, traditional kinetic plan with IW adjuncts
Integrated Information Warfare Plan with Kinetic Adjuncts rather than current, traditional kinetic plan with IW adjuncts
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When the situation is grim, the odds are against you and the stakes are high…just remember two words –
When the situation is grim, the odds are against you and the stakes are high…just remember two words –
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