abstract:The fog of war is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.Joint Service Command and Staff College, Advanced Command and Staff Course Notes dated 2001 The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding one's own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during an engagement, operation, or campaign.
Even as computerisedweaponssystemsandwired infantryhaveblown away someof the fog of war from the battlefield, theyhave coveredcyberspace in athick, menacingblanket ofuncertainty.