Development
SinceWorldWarII,withtherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,especiallytheequipmentanduseofnewweaponssuchasmissilesandnuclearweapons,modernwarfarehasmanynewfeatures..Onlybyreformingtraditionalmethodsofcommandandcombiningtheimprovementofthequalityofcommanderswiththeadoptionofnewcommandmethodscanweadapttotherequirementsofmodernwarfare.Beginninginthe1950s,somecountrieshavesuccessivelycarriedoutresearchworkontheautomationofmilitarycommand,andsuccessivelyestablishedsomeautomatedcommandsystems.Althoughthedevelopmentprocessofvariouscountriesisnotthesame,theygenerallystartwithweaponscontrol,airdefenseintelligencetransmissionandprocessing,andlogisticssupport,firstwithpartialautomation,andthengraduallyrealizingthefullautomationofmilitarycommand.
Role
Realizingtheautomationofmilitarycommandcanfreecommandersfromalargeamountofrepetitivetransactionalworkandconcentrateonengagingincreativecommandactivities;itcanstrengthencommandorgansatalllevelsContactwiththearmy,quicklyandaccuratelyacquire,transmitandprocessallkindsofinformation,improvetheworkefficiencyofthecommandorganizationandtherapidresponsecapabilityofthearmy;contributetothedevelopmentofmilitarysciencetheoriesandtheapplicationofmodernscienceandtechnologyinthemilitary.Promotetheimprovementofthemilitary'scombatcommandmethods,andpromotetheimprovementofthelevelofcommanders.
Militarycommandautomationhaswidelyusedtheachievementsofoperationsresearch,electronics,systemsengineeringandotherrelateddisciplines.Themilitaryautomatedcommandsystemcomposedofelectroniccomputersandothertechnicalequipmentisitstechnicalfoundation.Inordertorealizemilitarycommandautomation,itisnecessarytosolveaseriesoftheoreticalprinciples,organizationalmanagement,technicalsupportandpersonneltraining,suchasthemathematicalprocessingandsimulationofthecommandprocess,determinetheinformationflowandorganizationalfunctionsofalllevelsandtypesofcommandsystems,andformulateWorkproceduresforinformationcollection,processing,storage,anddistribution,andunifythetacticalandtechnicalperformanceofvarioushardwaredevices.Althoughmilitarycommandautomationequipmentcanassistthecommanderinhiswork,itcannotcompletelyreplacethecommander'sthinkingandjudgment.Onlybycombiningtheroleofautomatedequipmentwiththecreativecommandactivitiesofcommanderscanweachieveefficientmilitarycommand.