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> “war” for actual wars Every generation of warfare [1] looks completely indistinguishable from the previous one. 5th generation warfare [2] is "war" in every

by screye 6y ago

> “war” for actual wars Every generation of warfare [1] looks completely indistinguishable from the previous one. 5th generation warfare [2] is "war" in every sense of the 1st principles of war. However, it manifests in a way that is unrecognizable in traditional surface-level manifestations of war. If anything, "not looking like a war" is a primary goal of 5th generation warfare. > But the next generation of war – the so-called "fifth-generation" – won't feature armies or clear ideas. It will be what U.S. Army Major Shannon Beebe, the top intel officer for Africa, calls a "vortex of violence," a free-for-all of surprise destruction motivated more by frustration than by any coherent plans for the future. [3] > the fifth-gen fighters' weapon of choice is political "stalemate," contends Marine Lt. Col. Stanton Coerr, in a new piece in Marine Corps Gazette. > 5GW fighters will win by ... point[ ing ] out the impotence of secular military might. ... These fighters win by not losing, while we lose by not winning." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generations_of_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generations_of_warfare [2] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/20/dreaming-5th-generation-war.html http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/20/dreaming-5th-generat... [3] https://www.wired.com/2009/01/how-to-win-a-fi/ https://www.wired.com/2009/01/how-to-win-a-fi/ [3]

Guthur 6y ago
5GW sounds very much like the wars fought by various insurgent/paramilitary groups. My experience is from Northern Ireland. The IRA and other republican paramilitary groups would never defeat the British military but would rather make the British government's position untenable through various acts of violence against a variety of target classes. The republican motivation was as much frustration with the rights of the catholic population in northern Ireland as anything else. The targeting was not quite free for all though.

by screye 6y ago

Guthur 6y ago

5GW sounds very much like the wars fought by various insurgent/paramilitary groups. My experience is from Northern Ireland. The IRA and other republican paramilitary groups would never defeat the British military but would rather make the British government's position untenable through various acts of violence against a variety of target classes. The republican motivation was as much frustration with the rights of the catholic population in northern Ireland as anything else. The targeting was not quite free for all though.