AI Empowerment: Accelerating the Transformation of Land Assault Combat Forms
2026-04-09
From a certain perspective, the evolution history of land assault operations is a history driven by technology and the pursuit of "reducing consumption and increasing efficiency". From the phalanx battles of the era of cold weapons to the steel torrent of the mechanized era, humanity has always been searching for ways and means to win battles at the minimum cost. Entering the era of information and intelligent warfare, cutting-edge technologies represented by AI are deeply embedded in the military field, further accelerating the transformation of land assault combat forms, transforming the form of warfare from "steel to steel" to "intelligent killing with computing power and models". In this context, exploring the specific manifestations and empowering effects of AI on the transformation of land assault combat forms is of great significance for seizing the commanding heights of future military struggles. The power structure of the integrated bee armor is empowered by AI, and the land assault force is no longer simply a combination of firepower and armor, but a deep transformation towards intelligence, three dimensionality, and hybridization, reshaping the overall combat power and presenting the structural characteristics of "integrated bee armor". Bee armor "is the physical evolution of weapons and equipment. Specifically," bee "refers to various types of low altitude flight combat systems such as fixed wings, spiral wings, folding wings, etc., with multiple combat functions such as reconnaissance, strike, and support; The "A" has expanded the scope of the original armored equipment concept, including new ground unmanned vehicles and small combat robots, with various equipment forms such as heavy, medium, light, small, and micro. 'Integrated' is a fusion state, which deeply integrates' bees' and 'armor' through AI to form a ground air integrated combat system with intelligent features. This change is essentially an intelligent evolution of power composition from a 'linear plane' to a 'multi domain hybrid'. To better empower land assault combat forces with AI, making their structure more complete, functions more diverse, and striking effects more outstanding, the following points should be achieved. One is that the constituent elements are diverse and multifunctional. Based on the strengths and functional attributes of combat forces, it is necessary to organically integrate various combat forces such as manned and unmanned, ground low altitude, etc. on the basis of highlighting traditional assault forces, forming a "full force+unmanned" force structure, and deeply integrating manned and unmanned assault with firepower assault, electromagnetic assault, etc. The second is the on-demand combination of power allocation. The land battlefield situation under the background of informatization and intelligence requires more efficient personnel and equipment grouping, and AI can perform air ground mixed grouping, multi type grouping, and on-demand combination of various assault equipment, intelligently interconnect various equipment, and form a flexible and variable multi-functional combat grouping. In the process of combat, various assault platforms, driven by AI, strive to be able to access, plug and play, and flexibly adjust at any time according to changes in battlefield threats and tasks, forming a versatile and agile combat capability. The third is the integration of human-computer interaction. In traditional land assault operations, the interaction between weapons and soldiers is mainly through human controlled machines, which can easily lead to control loss or operational errors. However, AI can promote the advanced evolution of assault equipment from "operator tools" to "co body mode". Relevant personnel can communicate with unmanned equipment through various instructions, intelligently implement information exchange, and achieve the joint formation of combat cognition between humans and AI, comprehensively improving response efficiency. With the support of information and intelligent technologies such as AI, real-time adjustment of combat operations can be achieved. Land assault operations can be supported by powerful computing power to compress the action cycle and strike chain to the greatest extent possible. Specifically, with the help of AI, land assault operations can comprehensively utilize communication methods such as broadband, microwave, and self-organizing networks to aggregate various attack methods, build a multi domain, dense killing network, and achieve real-time synchronized actions between reconnaissance, firepower, support and other platforms, thereby shifting combat operations from "pre designed" to "real-time adjustment". Firstly, it is necessary to make good use of intelligent perception. In the information and intelligent warfare, the battlefield situation is constantly changing and the battlefield environment is complex and diverse. The former requires land assault operations to achieve rapid decision-making, dynamic integration, and autonomous collaboration at a higher level; The latter requires the combat system to further enhance its battlefield perception capability in multidimensional battlefield space, which can transmit intelligence in real time through front-end "antennae" such as drones, and use advanced technologies such as AI to analyze data in real time, thereby promoting a significant improvement in the real-time strike capability of the land assault combat kill network. Secondly, it is necessary to confirm the target of the attack. To be guided by the specific tasks of land assault operations, efforts should be made to blind the enemy's perception system, paralyze the enemy's command system, cut off the enemy's "fist" on the main battle platform, and block the enemy's "blood" in the rear equipment support target. At the same time, AI can be used to automatically analyze key indicators such as target threat level, time sensitivity, and value, forming multiple pre attack target sorting lists and synchronously allocating various resources within the combat system to support assault operations. Finally, it is necessary to implement effective autonomous collaboration. AI can be used to fuse and process massive data, leveraging the advantages of manned and unmanned collaborative strikes, quickly capturing advantageous fighter jets hidden in intense confrontations, intelligently selecting weapon platforms and ammunition, dynamically planning kill links, and striving to transform combat operations from "planned strikes" to "window strikes", further improving the battlefield adaptability and dynamic flexibility of combat operations. Under the conditions of informatization and intelligence, the combat mode of land assault operations is gradually dominated by intelligent software, which means that its weapon platform is no longer limited to a single hardware facility, but uses AI to synchronize and map the virtual battlefield with the real battlefield, achieving intelligent perception of the battlefield situation, intelligent assistance in combat decision-making, and intelligent calculation to adjust the pace of combat. This further reshapes the combat loop of "investigation, control, combat, and evaluation", profoundly affecting key combat capabilities such as target perception, force restructuring, task allocation, and precise strikes, thereby promoting the shift of combat methods from "winning by tactics" to "winning by algorithms". Specifically, AI empowers land assault operations, and the changes in its combat methods are mainly reflected in the following aspects: firstly, empowering reconnaissance, perception, and insight. AI can quickly mine and integrate various battlefield data, correlate and analyze high-value intelligence information, help combat personnel predict battlefield situation changes faster, more comprehensively, more deeply, and more accurately, and actively capture real-time advantage windows. The second is to empower creativity in planning and decision-making. By closely integrating the characteristics of land assault operations, a series of algorithm models such as cutting-edge attacks, block penetration, collaborative assault, target blockade, search and clearance can be constructed through AI, and autonomous games can be played in virtual combat environments such as networks and electromagnetic spaces to help command systems discover and anchor decision points, accelerating the transformation from human centered decision-making to human-machine interactive decision-making and even machine autonomous decision-making. The third is to empower the execution of surprise operations. The informationization and intelligence of land assault operations require more and more weapon platforms to be controlled in real time. It is necessary to use AI algorithms to flexibly and dynamically group, configure, and assign tasks to the affiliated forces, greatly enhancing the flexibility of combat deployment, ensuring that the dispersed assault forces can be accurately maneuvered to key enemy nodes when fighter jets appear, and accurately releasing combat effectiveness. With the rapid development of information and intelligent technology and its deep penetration in the military field, the efficiency release of land assault operations is gradually evolving from "extensive" to "precise". Specifically, AI empowerment can promote better planning of strike actions, matching of strike forces, and selection of strike methods in land assault operations, ensuring that effective combat forces respond sensitively and quickly defeat the enemy within the optimal combat window. From this perspective, AI empowers the precise release of land assault combat effectiveness, redefining its connotation of "winning". When the cycle of "observation judgment decision action" is compressed to the extreme, "discovery and destruction" will become the norm, and some traditional land combat styles may become history. To better utilize real-time data and scientific algorithms, and maximize the empowering role of AI in quickly and accurately releasing combat effectiveness, efforts must be made in three aspects: multi means optimization of energy release, full process intelligent control of energy release, and precise energy release targeting key areas. One is to use multiple methods to optimize energy release. Based on the AI kill chain planning model, it is necessary to distinguish between autonomous assault and guided strike types, flexibly adopt human-machine combination, air ground combination, human vehicle combination and other methods to optimize strike methods, dynamically allocate combat tasks, comprehensively break through key nodes such as enemy command institutions, and ultimately achieve comprehensive control over key targets and combat areas. For example, in urban control battles, AI systems can synchronize and coordinate the suppression of airborne "bee colonies" and the intrusion of ground "wolf packs", as well as rear fire support, to form a "mixed optimization" effect of multi-dimensional synchronized attacks. The second is the intelligent control of energy release throughout the entire process. AI technologies such as machine learning, deep learning, and neuromorphic intelligence can be used to accurately predict when, where, and under what circumstances a possible combat situation may be achieved, and deeply embed it into the entire process of combat activities. They can dynamically adjust the combat organization, attack direction, target capture, and action methods and sequences taken, and "pull" the enemy into their own advantageous areas to implement "dimensionality reduction strikes". The third is to focus on the key points and accurately release energy. Through AI analysis, key factors that affect the combat process, target selection, and means utilization can be quickly extracted, and overall control can be achieved around the combat focus. By accurately matching forces, means, and tasks, the most vulnerable links in the enemy's combat system can be identified, such as a communication node or radar blind spot. The closed-loop strike link can be quickly optimized, greatly reducing time consumption and achieving agile release of assault effectiveness. The goal is to achieve "one shot, one throat" defense against the seemingly impregnable enemy defense system, thereby firmly grasping the initiative on the battlefield. (New Society)
Edit:Momo Responsible editor:Chen zhaozhao
Source:People's Liberation Army Daily
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