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How America's Special Operators are Preparing for a High-Tech Future

2025/5/19
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Frank Donovan: 过去20多年，特种作战部队主要集中于反恐和反暴力极端组织任务，虽然我们在此领域积累了丰富的经验，但现在我们需要转型以适应大国竞争的新时代。这意味着我们要回归特种作战部队的历史角色，专注于在其他部队无法进入的地区执行独特的任务。我强调，我们必须将海底到低地球轨道的特种作战能力与联合部队的行动相结合，利用科技前沿，并同时保持坚韧、耐力和身体对抗等核心要素。在资源方面，我希望能够利用数据来优化预算和资源分配，以便快速获取合适的装备。在战场上，我设想特种作战人员将与合作伙伴紧密合作，部署无人系统和最新的对抗技术，确保在冲突的第一天就能发挥最大效力。此外，我认为我们不仅要学习乌克兰的经验，也要从胡塞武装等对手身上吸取教训，学习他们如何以有限的资源对抗我们。我希望通过SonicSphere等演习，来审视自身的数据流，并与业界合作，弥补我们在海底到低地球轨道方面的差距。

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Lt. Gen. Frank Donovan discusses his career journey, transitioning between the Marine Corps and Special Operations Command (SOCOM), highlighting the similarities in lifestyle and mission sets between the two.
  • Lt. Gen. Frank Donovan's career path involved transitions between the Marine Corps and SOCOM.
  • His roles included Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, and Vice Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.
  • He emphasizes the similarities between the lifestyles and mission sets of rangers and the SOF community.

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Down in Tampa on the sidelines of SOF Week, Ryan spoke with Lt. Gen. Frank Donovan, vice commander of Special Operations Command, in front of a live audience about how America's special operators are leading the way on the the future of warfare, from great power competition to data and AI — or, how our guest puts it, from the seabed to low earth orbit.