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MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
• Illegal sea-borne immigration like human smuggling.
• Drug trafficking.

Network Centric Operations

The term ‘Network Centric Operations’ broadly defined as networking
and combination of present tactics, techniques and procedures fully
or partially in order to achieve advantage over adversaries. It is an
information superiority which generates increased combat power by
networking sensors, decision makers, information and operational/
tactical levels to achieve shared awareness, increased speed of command,
high tempo of operations, greater lethality, increased survivability and
a degree of self-synchronisation. Network Centric Operations translates
advantage of information superiority into combat operations by
efficient and effective linking of all inputs among the fighting forces.
This will provide much improved awareness and common operation
picture for effective decision making, deployment of forces and to
adopt more effective tactics in order to bring early advantage of war.

Figure 9.2 – Model of Network Centric Operations

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