미래 무인체계를 활용한 Swarming 전술 적용방안 연구

Abstract

Throughout the history of war, the combination of development of new weapon systems from advances in science and technology and new concepts of operations based on them have had synergy effect on the advancement of the world war history. For example, the tank developed at the end of the 1st world war did not play a key role on the battlefield due to the lack of operation concepts that effectively leverage its capability. During the 2nd world war, however, the tank did fully demonstrate its ability using the concept of maneuvering warfare that takes advantages of its mobility, protective capability, and shock power. Since then, the tank became the driving force on the battlefield. This means that the development of operation concepts corresponding to the new weapon systems from advances in science and technology is essential to show its ability on the battlefield. A new operation concept that takes advantages of the capability of emerging weapons has been sought with the advent of new weapon systems that could change the paradigm of future war. Based on the results of my research work on swarming theory proposed by Arquilla and Ronfeldt, swarming is considered to be useful for the future warfare as an operation concept in accord with hyper-connection and super-intelligence society featured in the age of the 4th industrial revolution. Related research on swarming in the United States, China, Japan and Russia are examined. Based on this examination, how to apply swarming concept to the different types of joint operations is proposed in depth. Capabilities required to implement swarming tactics with future unmanned systems are also presented. Finally, strategic direction for implementing swarming tactics is presented.