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General · 22 March 2026

Explained: Why Modern Warfare Isn't Always About Bombs and Bullets

Explained: Why Modern Warfare Isn't Always About Bombs and Bullets

Modern warfare has evolved far beyond bombs and bullets. Nations now exploit digital vulnerabilities, cyberattacks, and covert influence operations to achieve strategic goals without firing a single shot. This shift toward non-kinetic conflict offers plausible deniability while destabilizing enemies below the threshold of declared war making today's battlefields invisible, complex, and increasingly hard to define.

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