All articles tagged with #asymmetric warfare
The article analyzes Venezuela's weakened military capabilities and potential resistance strategies in response to a possible U.S. military intervention, highlighting the regime's reliance on asymmetric tactics, internal control systems, and urban guerrilla warfare to counter conventional threats.
Ukraine's successful drone attack on Russia's air force highlights the growing threat of low-cost, asymmetric drone warfare, raising concerns about U.S. vulnerabilities to similar tactics on its own soil and military assets, prompting calls for increased defense measures and modernization.
As Ukraine faces a protracted war with Russia, it must shift from direct confrontation to an asymmetric, guerrilla-style approach to conserve resources and prolong the conflict. This strategy aims to wear down Russian resolve and leverage Ukraine's familiarity with the terrain, despite Western support fatigue and material shortages. The U.S. and European partners must continue to provide arms and training to support this new approach, ensuring Ukraine can sustain its resistance and eventually rebuild.
Houthi rebels have targeted the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower with naval drones in the Red Sea, adding a new surface-level threat to the attacks from airborne drones and missiles. The use of sea drones, pioneered by Ukraine, has been encountered by US forces, with two drones being taken out as an imminent threat to shipping. The emergent technology presents a "scary scenario" for the US Navy, as it lacks intelligence on the extent of the Houthi drone arsenal, and the drones provide an "immense asymmetric advantage" for their users.
The Ukrainian military is successfully countering attacks from numerically superior Russian forces by combining innovative technology with old-school tactics. Despite being outnumbered, Ukraine has withstood bombardment in both physical and digital domains by utilizing an "asymmetric approach" that confronts volume and brute force with scrappiness and creativity. Hobbyist toys like drones have been transformed into anti-armor and personnel weapons, while cellphones are used for missile detection. The US and its European allies have provided significant support to Ukraine, including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and training. Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is seeking additional support, particularly in air defenses, during his visit to Washington. Continued assistance is currently being debated in Congress.
The recent conflict between Hamas and Israel has reignited the debate on the effectiveness of hybrid warfare. While Hamas has achieved some strategic objectives, its ultimate goal of destroying Israel remains distant. The attack has caused collateral damage and raised doubts about Israel's democracy domestically, while internationally it has influenced public support for the Palestinian cause and disrupted the peace process with Arab countries. The attack has also demonstrated the effectiveness of low-tech innovation in neutralizing a superior military. However, history shows that irregular or hybrid wars rarely achieve their ultimate objectives. Despite the humiliation and horror caused by Hamas, Israelis are uniting to fight and ensure their country's security.
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass warns airmen about the growing importance of the digital realm in warfare, emphasizing the need to understand and counter disinformation and propaganda spread through emerging technology. She highlights the manipulation of information by nefarious parties, including the use of bots, trolls, and artificial intelligence-generated content. Bass calls for educating airmen on the difference between using social media platforms and being used by them. She also stresses the importance of strengthening the Air Force's capabilities in information, cyber, and space domains, while maintaining high standards of professionalism and unity to counter emerging global challenges.
Taiwan showcased its domestically produced military drones, including the Albatross II surveillance drone and combat drones, as key to its "asymmetric warfare" capacity to make its forces more agile if they have to face a far larger Chinese military. Taiwan's military has announced a partnership with companies aimed at producing 3,000 drones next year. China has sent its drones to areas close to Taiwan to test its responses, and Taiwan will focus on developing its combat and surveillance drones, as well as anti-drone systems.
Taiwan's state-owned military weapons developer has unveiled five new types of indigenous military drones, equipped with either combat or surveillance capabilities, as the self-ruled island looks to boost its asymmetric warfare capabilities against China's growing military threat. The new weapons were unveiled as China's Communist leadership increasingly asserts its territorial claims over Taiwan and has explicitly refused to rule out the use of force to bring it under control. The new drones come in different sizes and are designed for use by different branches of Taiwan's military.