DEFENSE MINISTERIAL - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends the NATO and non-NATO International Security Assistance Force contributing nations meeting during the NATO formal Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen Future Wars Seen As Longer, Deadlier -- Washington Times
Wider range of weapons, foes calls for different preparation, official says.
The wars of the future will be longer, deadlier and waged against a more diverse variety of enemies than ever before, and U.S. armed forces must be ready, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III said Wednesday.
Speaking to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Mr. Lynn identified what he called “three strategic trends” that are shaping “our future national security environment: lethality, duration and asymmetry.”
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More News On What Future Wars Will Be Like
US Becoming More Leery of Long Wars -- Voice of America
Lynn: U.S. Must Prepare for Future Warfare Trends -- U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon Deputy: Your Future Wars Will Be Long Ones -- Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room
Pentagon's Inability to Predict the Future Makes It Tough to Set Budget Priorities -- National Defense
My Comment: With asymmetric warfare becoming the doctrine of choice for weaker rebel/military powers, it is not difficult to predict that longer wars will be the eventual outcome unless better tactics are developed/formulated to fight such wars.