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Enhance the resilience of the war support system

2025-06-30   

The term 'resilience' originates from physics and is a concept that describes the ability of a system to recover from disturbances. It has been widely applied in many fields, such as the economy, society, and even national security, as it reveals the profound philosophy of system survival and development. Throughout history, war has never been a simple military confrontation, and modern warfare has put forward higher requirements for the sustained support of the country as a whole. So, the resilience of a country's war support system is a measure of its comprehensive ability to maintain core war functions, mitigate systemic damage, and achieve rapid recovery and adaptation when subjected to high-intensity war impacts. This resilience encompasses the strategic extension and system integration of the country's ability to withstand pressure, repair, and regenerate, which can greatly enhance the country's survival, recovery, and adaptability to future high-end wars and complex security challenges. Strong strategic will. War is a continuation of politics and a confrontation of will. Strategic will occupies a commanding position in the national war support system. It is not a simple slogan of determination, but a manifestation of the country's core interests, a concentrated expression of strategic goals, and a fundamental guideline for addressing threats and challenges. Without strong strategic will, resource mobilization will be out of focus, institutional operation will be out of order, social forces will be easily dispersed, and technological advantages will be difficult to effectively transform. It determines the bottom line, intensity, and duration of war. History has repeatedly proven that the collapse of will often precedes the depletion of material possessions. Faced with the unprecedented complexity and uncertainty of modern warfare, as well as the mixed threats of multiple domains and the persistent confrontation of long-term consumption, higher requirements have been put forward for the firmness, unity, and persistence of national strategic will. Only a rock solid strategic will can ensure that the war support system always operates effectively towards its established goals, avoiding losing direction or disintegration under external pressure and internal interference. Efficient institutional arrangements. Modern warfare is the ultimate stress test of a country's governance system and capabilities. Institutional effectiveness plays a crucial role as the backbone support and rule guarantee in the national war support system, and is the key hub for transforming strategic will into national capabilities and strategic resources into war strength. From a systems theory perspective, the national war support system is a complex giant system, and institutional efficiency is the key to maintaining the orderly, efficient, and coordinated operation of the system. Efficient institutional arrangements can ensure a continuous chain of command, an inexhaustible flow of resources, and key functions remain functional even in extreme chaos and destruction. The quality of institutional design directly determines whether the system can be "orderly reorganized" under impact, and profoundly affects the realization of technological potential and the integration of social forces. Modern warfare requires the state machinery to have a high degree of flexibility, adaptability, and adaptability. The balance between normal economic efficiency and rapid response and effective control in crisis situations poses a severe challenge to institutional design. Advanced technological strength. As the material foundation of the war support system, technological strength is the engine and key enabler that drives the efficiency of the system, shapes offensive and defensive advantages, and ensures continuous operation. It not only directly determines the performance of weapons and equipment and the battlefield situation, but also deeply affects the production capacity of the national defense industry, the autonomous controllability of key technologies, and the rapid recovery and iteration ability of the entire economic and social system after being hit, providing material means for the realization of strategic will and improving the efficiency of institutional operation. With the accelerated evolution of a new round of technological and military revolutions, the trend towards intelligence, unmanned, and stealth in warfare is becoming increasingly evident. The autonomy and controllability of key core technologies, as well as the transformation and upgrading of the entire industrial chain, are directly related to the country's initiative and survival rights in future wars. If there are shortcomings and external dependence in the fields of technology and industry, it will become the Achilles heel of the resilience of the war support system, which is easily amplified by precise strikes during wartime. A resilient combat system. The combat system is an organic whole composed of various combat systems according to certain command relationships, organizational relationships, and operational mechanisms. It is the core functional module that directly transforms the potential of a country's war into real combat effectiveness. The increasing number of "composite components" in modern armies not only enhances their overall combat capability, but also exposes their vulnerability. In modern warfare, on the one hand, the enemy's reconnaissance perception and precision strike capabilities have greatly improved, posing enormous challenges to battlefield survival and increasing the vulnerability of the combat system; On the other hand, there are too many central nodes for information flow and functional support in the operation of the system, which face a huge risk of being paralyzed by enemy attacks, resulting in insufficient resilience of the combat system. In addition, the battlefield situation is constantly changing, and the combat organization is limited by the inherent organization and pre war deployment, resulting in slow adjustment and difficult response, leading to weak robustness of the combat system. Once the key nodes of the combat system are damaged, it will cause other nodes to fail through the coupling relationship between nodes, and even trigger a nonlinear "butterfly effect", ultimately leading to a "avalanche" of a considerable number of nodes and even the entire combat network. To this end, it is necessary to build a robust combat system, consolidate and improve the integrated national strategic system and capabilities, and strive to achieve a close coupling of national strategic competitiveness, social productivity, and military combat effectiveness. To strengthen the flexible reconstruction capability of combat formations, relying on intelligent ubiquitous network information systems, a system form of "dispersed deployment in space, complementary advantages in functionality, and flexible adaptability in formations" should be constructed. The redundant backup construction of nodes in multi domain combat spaces should be strengthened to enhance the resilience, structural strength, and adaptability of the combat system. A solid social foundation. The military and civilians are the foundation of victory. The solidity of the social foundation directly determines how much war pressure and war consumption a country can withstand. A solid social foundation is related to the scale and quality of human resources, the cohesion of public morale, the stability and resilience of social order, providing popular support for strategic will, providing human and material resources for institutional operation, and providing a fertile ground for technological development. More importantly, broad public recognition and strong social cohesion are the "ballast stones" for a country to endure the hardships of war and persevere until victory. Modern warfare is a comprehensive national war, not only a confrontation of military power, but also a comprehensive competition of national human resources, economic potential, social organization, and national spiritual state. The resilience of the social foundation is particularly crucial in the face of modern conflicts that may become prolonged and expanded, as well as attacks and defenses aimed at dismantling the opponent's internal public opinion psychology. History and practice have repeatedly shown that if a society has sharp internal contradictions, scattered public opinion, and a lack of common value recognition, the social psychology of the people is prone to turbulence under strong external pressure. Therefore, building a strong social support system of unity and solidarity is particularly important in dealing with future wars. (New Society)

Edit:He ChenXi Responsible editor:Tang WanQi

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