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Land Forces Relevance in Hybrid Warfare Era (Role of conventional forces…
Land Forces Relevance in Hybrid Warfare Era
Framework
No agreed upon definition
Blending of conventional, unconventional, political, cyber
another name for irregular warfare?
Support of unconventional forces with obscured elements of conventional forces
Thought Experiment
Ireland reforms DF. What would it look like?
What would it do
Credible defence of the state
Monetary, political, population constraints
Unconventional force
light infantry
SOF
Cyber
Intelligence
Political
Mission Command
Small ASUs
Previous success: Flying Columns, The Squad, Int, PIRA ASUs
State policy to accept occupation
Plan for robust unconventional defence
Not far removed from switzerland
Formalised policy for unconventional (underground) defence
No monetary or political constraints
Conventional force with unconventional capability
Internal security
Light infantry
Intelligence
SOF
Army Air Corps
Naval Service not Navy
Battalion level overseas UN committment
Single mech Inf battalion
No Arty
No Cav
No Armour
No Airborne
Look like
Conventional
Unconventional?
Unconventional forces can achieve significant defensive success against conventional force
Does a state seek offensive capability
Yes: Needs a conventional force
No: Perhaps formalised & organised unconventional will suffice
Role of conventional forces in hybrid framework
Stick approach. Political clout and pressure
Well publicised exercises
Overt actions to support covert/clandestine
Obscure actions and support unconventional troops
Beef up RCP if your unconventional force is outnumbererd by enemy conventional force
NATO have 4 Bn (+) conventional Battle groups to counter Russian unconventional threat