Expeditionary Communications Could Be Better.

• Position: Communication systems of expeditionary armed forces - Brief Article

Knocking down a ballistic missile is a piece of cake, compared to making the different elements of an expeditionary force communicate with one another during an attack, observed Navy Capt. Harold Covert.

Covert--the commanding officer at the Coastal Systems Station in Panama City, Fla.--spoke at a recent conference sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.

"How," he asked, "do you get real-time info to MV-22s (tilt-rotor aircraft) and LCACs (air-cushioned landing craft) that are hitting the beach at high...