{"id":1712,"date":"2018-06-25T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackopspartners.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2018-06-25T17:00:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:00:58","slug":"russia-china-are-outmaneuvering-us-generals-recommend-new-authorities-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/russia-china-are-outmaneuvering-us-generals-recommend-new-authorities-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, China Are Outmaneuvering US: Generals Recommend New Authorities, Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"
China and Russia<\/a> are outmaneuvering the US, using aggressive actions that fall short of war, a group of generals and admirals have concluded. To counter them, the US needs new ways to use its military without shooting, concludes a newly released report on the Quantico<\/a> conclave<\/a>. The US military will need new legal authorities and new concepts of operation for all domains \u2014 land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n From Little Green Men in Crimea to fortified artificial islands<\/a> in the South China Sea, from online meddling with US elections to global information operations and<\/a>to industrial-scale cyber espionage<\/a>, America\u2019s adversaries have found ways to achieve their objectives and undermine the West without triggering a US military response, operating in what\u2019s come to be called \u201cthe grey zone.\u201d No less a figure than Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took<\/a> on the topic in his National Defense Strategy<\/a> and in this morning\u2019s graduation address to the Naval Academy.<\/p>\n