4GW http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Electronic Warfare for the Fourth Generation Practitioner http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/electronic-warfare-fourth-generation-practitioner <span>Electronic Warfare for the Fourth Generation Practitioner</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sat, 03/23/2019 - 8:41am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">This paper explores the application and effects of locally-produced electronic warfare systems in the environment of the Fourth Generation (4GW) ‘come-as-you-are’ war in the context of a non-state actor using such systems to produce military effects for mission support and strategic influence, in order develop and facilitate competition as a peer/near-peer competitor against a state or other incumbent actor.</div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/electronic-warfare-fourth-generation-practitioner" rel="tag" title="Electronic Warfare for the Fourth Generation Practitioner" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Electronic Warfare for the Fourth Generation Practitioner</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/electronic-warfare-fourth-generation-practitioner#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">2 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1150/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1680244685" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sat, 23 Mar 2019 12:41:19 +0000 SWJED 117895 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Planning for Electronic Warfare - The Communication Problem http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/planning-electronic-warfare-communication-problem <span>Planning for Electronic Warfare - The Communication Problem</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Wed, 01/17/2018 - 12:13am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The purpose of this essay is to generate discussion regarding a new way to incorporate near-peer Electronic Warfare threats into the operations planning process.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/planning-electronic-warfare-communication-problem" rel="tag" title="Planning for Electronic Warfare - The Communication Problem" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Planning for Electronic Warfare - The Communication Problem</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Wed, 17 Jan 2018 05:13:31 +0000 SWJED 82707 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Primitivization of War and Prospects for Peace http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/primitivization-of-war-and-prospects-for-peace <span>Primitivization of War and Prospects for Peace</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 09/14/2012 - 5:30am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The barbarians have come and the rules of war and peace stand transformed.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/primitivization-of-war-and-prospects-for-peace" rel="tag" title="Primitivization of War and Prospects for Peace" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Primitivization of War and Prospects for Peace</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/primitivization-of-war-and-prospects-for-peace#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">3 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1150/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1348148731" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:30:00 +0000 Peter J. Munson 13226 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Foucault and Fourth Generation Warfare: Towards a Genealogy of War and Conflict http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/foucault-and-fourth-generation-warfare-towards-a-genealogy-of-war-and-conflict <span>Foucault and Fourth Generation Warfare: Towards a Genealogy of War and Conflict</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 06/29/2012 - 5:28am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> A Foucauldian approach to military history exposes 4GW as a crock.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/foucault-and-fourth-generation-warfare-towards-a-genealogy-of-war-and-conflict" rel="tag" title="Foucault and Fourth Generation Warfare: Towards a Genealogy of War and Conflict" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Foucault and Fourth Generation Warfare: Towards a Genealogy of War and Conflict</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/foucault-and-fourth-generation-warfare-towards-a-genealogy-of-war-and-conflict#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">7 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1150/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1341347844" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:28:29 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12902 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The Quest for Legitimacy http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/the-quest-for-legitimacy <span>The Quest for Legitimacy</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Tue, 02/21/2012 - 9:27am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Fourth Generation Warfare advocates propose a tactical shift in how operations are conducted to defeat an insurgency. This paper explains why, from a legitimacy standpoint, 4GW will lead to a strategic failure.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/the-quest-for-legitimacy" rel="tag" title="The Quest for Legitimacy" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The Quest for Legitimacy</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/the-quest-for-legitimacy#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">19 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1150/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1330230218" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:27:23 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12309 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com Iran's Response to a U.S. Attack http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/irans-response-to-a-us-attack <span>Iran&#039;s Response to a U.S. Attack</span> <span><span>Peter J. Munson</span></span> <span>Fri, 02/17/2012 - 6:16am</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> Michael V. Rienzi lays out possible Iranian responses to a U.S. attack.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/irans-response-to-a-us-attack" rel="tag" title="Iran&#039;s Response to a U.S. Attack" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Iran&#039;s Response to a U.S. Attack</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/irans-response-to-a-us-attack#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">16 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/1150/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1379326616" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:16:42 +0000 Peter J. Munson 12295 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com