Institute for National Strategic Studies


INTEROPERABILITY

A DESERT STORM CASE STUDY

STERLING D. SESSIONS

and

CARL R. JONES


McNair Paper Eighteen

July 1993



INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES

N A T I O N A L D E F E N S E U N I V E R S I T Y

Washington, D.C.

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Contents


PREFACE

Interoperability

Looking Backwards

Contemporary Solutions to Past Problems

Communications

Making the Most of Information

Joint Systems Interoperability

IRIDIUM

Cyberspace, the Infosphere, and Interoperability

NOTES

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 6 |Chapter 7| Chapter 8 |

APPENDIXES

A Air Tasking Order--Illustration and Preparation Instructions |Page1|Page2|Page3|Page4|(gifs 250k each)

B The TADIL Communications Link

TEXT FIGURE

1.1 Elements of Interoperability



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