But where the military stress input processes for fire coordination, the traders stress output techniques to anticipate the market. The traders are willing to share techniques learned from years of digital financial warfighting. In the past, infantry used firepower to close within rifle range of the enemy and destroy him. In the future, small teams can apply standoff firepower to break the cohesion of the enemy, with the infantry closing only to administer the coup de grace. If the United States can maneuver fires as adroitly as it maneuvers units, this will save lives and hasten victory.
Infantry routinely see the enemy.
For example, in a Vietnam operation called Stingray, Marine reconnaissance patrols saw over 20,000 North Vietnamese, yet only called in fires on 1,500. The United States can change such battlefields. The Global Positioning System, target designators, and digital communications transfer data instantly to supporting arms. This assumes the command system will adapt as the troops adapt. In the next war, the enemy may break into nonlinear formations to avoid offering lucrative targets.