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Irregular Warfare Podcast
Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces
Apr 5, 2024
Experts discuss how special operations forces disrupt adversaries by disrupting critical elements, leveraging unique capabilities in peacetime and combat operations. They highlight interagency cooperation challenges and the importance of deterrence through irregular warfare. The podcast explores historical and contemporary uses of SOF to impose costs on adversaries and create strategic advantages, emphasizing the need for ongoing dialogue and intelligence sharing.
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- Special Operations Forces disrupt adversaries' strategic designs through civil-military relations and asymmetric operations.
- Understanding SOF's unique capabilities in peacetime competition and large-scale combat operations is crucial for strategic disruption campaigns.
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Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces
Soft capabilities positioned as a hedge force to mitigate risk in both campaigns and conflicts due to adversaries blurring peacetime competition with violence short of war. The podcast explores how Special Operations Forces' capabilities contribute to disrupting adversary strategies, particularly through civil-military relations and asymmetric operations. Soft's role in Ukraine post-Little Green Men incident showcased its capabilities in applying asymmetric tactics. The guests delve into enhancing interagency cooperation for deterrence and leveraging irregular warfare units for strategic advantage.
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