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PICTURE SHOWS: Members of the 6th Special Operations Squadron use a tablet to upload coordinates during an exercise showcasing the capabilities of the Advanced Battle Management System at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 17, 2019. During the first demonstration of the ABMS, operators across the Air Force, Army, Navy and industry tested multiple real-time data sharing tools and technology in a homeland defense-based scenario enacted by U.S. Northern Command and enabled by Air Force senior leaders. The collection of networked systems and immediately available information is critical to enabling joint service operations across all domains. ..... STORY COPY: The United States military simulated a cruise missile threat to the United States as recently as December 2019. Described as the first field test of a novel approach to warfighting, communicating and decision-making,??? the Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and technology Dec. 16-18 for collecting, analysing and sharing information in real time to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile threat to America. According to an Air Force statement, this initial exercise was ??sfocused on defending the homeland???. The three-day long exercise of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) tested technology being developed to enable the military???s developing concept called Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2). While JADC2 has been embraced for three years as a critical tool by senior leaders, including Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, until recently it was an idea confined largely to PowerPoint slides and a slick animated demonstration of the concept. But that changed during the December exercise when aircraft from the Air Force and Navy, a Navy destroyer, an Army air defense sensor and firing unit, a special operations unit, as well as commercial space and ground sensors came together to confront ??" and defeat ??" a simulated threat to the U.S. homeland. Upon detection of a