… Exploring the Operational Environment
“Be subtle! be subtle! and use your spies for every kind of business.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War
[Editor’s Note: While China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) shares five military domains with the U.S. — … Read the rest
“When we get into LSCO, we have an opportunity to focus those assets based on what we know the terrain will allow them to do.”
[Editor’s Note: As observed in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat … Read the rest
“AI-enabled IO present a more pressing strategic threat than the physical hazards of slaughter-bots or even algorithmically-escalated nuclear war. IO are efforts to “influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries;” here, we’re talking about … Read the rest
“Agentic warfare is here, whether we welcome it or not. The era of military planners manually gathering limited data and compiling static crisis response options on briefing slides is over. In the next few years, the defense community will … Read the rest
“That acceleration wasn’t just kinetic — it was cognitive. Each successful hit degraded enemy decision cycles, confused their tempo, and fractured their internal command AI. MDTF wasn’t just fighting their force. It was fighting their feedback loop. Victory didn’t hinge … Read the rest