“On this three-part sequence, Dave Pitts brings conceptual readability to strategic competitors and battle within the grey zone. As Dave notes, grey battle is more likely to be the first mode of battle going ahead between America and its nice and regional energy adversaries, simply because it was in the course of the Soviet-American Chilly Warfare. Certainly, the brand new grey battle has been underway for a while. Grey battle encompasses a variety of operations from non-lethal and deadly covert motion to overt, oblique (proxy) battle, and from cognitive warfare to cyber operations. It even extends into house. By means of grey battle, our adversaries search to undermine our nationwide will and capability to oppose them, alter the geopolitical panorama to their benefit and undermine our world affect, compromise our vital nationwide safety programs, and steal our information and expertise. Intelligence might be our first line of protection, however it’s not sufficient. We should act. Up to now, America has been principally reactive and on the defensive within the grey battle. That should change.”
