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In his recently published article, Rob Mather of IFS, focused on the paradigm shift to the connected battlefield. This used to be conceptualized as network centric warfare, but it has become a different animal as distributed forces enabled by new genration C2 and ISR enable a whole new capability for forces operating at the tactical edge, In my recent visit to the warfighting training center for the Navy at Fallon Nevada, the Martime ISR officers have argued that the change is becoming so significant that they are really MSRD officer. That is Maritime surveillance, reconnaissance and decision enabling officers. The point being is intelligence as understand in a legacy context is simply to slow to enable decision making at the tactical edge. Operational tempo is increasing and the...