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Col. John A. Warden III , a former USAF officer and theorist of air power, established a theory of strategic attack based on five levels of system attributes. They are:
  • Leadership

  • Organic/System Essentials

  • Infrastructure

  • Population

  • Fielded Military Forces.


Each level of system or "ring" was considered one of the enemy's centers of gravity. The idea behind Warden's five rings was to attack each of the rings to paralyze their forces also known as physical paralysis. To optimize your attack you would engage as many rings as possible trying to take out the middle ring, which is the enemies leadership and is considered total physical paralysis.


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