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k. Enemy forces are likely to make extensive use of electronic reconnaissance linked
to artillery and other fires assets. Electronic C2 systems are likely to be targeted
extensively and potentially denied to allied forces for extensive periods if vulnerabilities
are found.

l. Equally, enemy forces are likely to capitalise on the ubiquitous existence of electronic
devices to maintain persistent surveillance. This challenges survivability requiring UK
forces to move regularly, disperse and concentrate as a matter of routine and maximise
camouflage and concealment in the physical dimension and in the EMS.

1-09. Meeting the challenge. By learning from the warfighting experiences of UK forces
and others, by maintaining a programme of military education through battlefield study,
and through the provision of effective combined arms training, UK forces can prepare
to meet the challenges of warfighting. When conducting training every effort should be
made to replicate the brutality, complexity, uncertainty, friction, violence and stress that
warfighting entails. The highest standards of battlecraft are required, enabling soldiers
to move and manoeuvre, fight, communicate, protect and sustain themselves.7 UK
forces must be trained to apply the manoeuvrist approach,8 to seek ways of seizing and
holding the initiative and to attack vulnerabilities. Where the smallest advantage could
be decisive, the successful use of deception is key. Deception must be prioritised by the
commander, included in planning, resourced in execution and incorporated in training.
Mission command9 must be practised and understood as it is low-level leadership and the
empowerment of subordinates who can operate imaginatively within their commander’s
intent that will prevail on a complex and uncertain battlefield. Finally, UK forces will be
required to work alongside CJIIM partners to successfully apply integrated action doctrine.10
It is the synchronisation of the lethal and non-lethal capabilities that UK forces and
partners deliver that will create the effects on audiences, actors, adversaries and enemies
required to meet the challenges of warfighting and win.

7 Soldiers that are expert in the fundamentals of their special to arm skills, e.g. knowing how to dig and prepare a defensive
position, understanding and practising reversionary modes in a contested EME, developing and practising low-level TTPs,
and employing OPSEC and CSCM measures.
8 See Chapter 2, Section 2, Manoeuvrist approach.
9 See Chapter 2, Section 3, Mission command.
10 See Chapter 2 Section 1, Integrated action.