C5I
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C5I is a military acronym describing the core capabilities involved in
- Detecting pertinent military or civil activity
- Analyzing the intent or impact of the activity upon friendly forces
- Disseminating the activity and analysis to friendly forces
- Providing engagement orders to friendly units to interact, neutralize, or destroy
- Engaging hostile forces with weapons
- Capture and analyze battle damage assessment information
The "C5" part of the term summarizes five words that begin with the letter "C" — "Command", "Control", "Communications", and "Computers", and "Combat systems". The "I" portion refers to "Intelligence".
Military theorists previously used similar terms, which accounted for fewer factors.
