Letters: Managing a battlefield

The US Army has BMS terminals right down to the infantry company and armour squadron level to create networked synergy and flexible re-grouping

With reference to “A test for the defence minister” by Ajai Shukla (December 5), an effective Land Battlefield Management System (BMS) is a must today to win wars. It helps to create situational awareness real-time, throughout the corps battle zone. This helps to remove the “fog of war” and discern the enemy’s intentions correctly through dispersed analysis of the battlefield inputs. Successful battle operations have to be “intelligence analysis” driven using all our diverse sourcing of battlefield indications in order not to be misled, or to be the victim of too much caution delaying decision-making. The US Army has BMS