Physical combat.

Traditional military operations.

Psychological operations.

Public consciousness and information

control.

By targeting their

consciousness and the information they consume.

By increasing physical attacks on cities.

By improving their access to digital

platforms.

By restricting their access to resources.

Concealment of intentions

and actions.

Open declarations of intent.

Publicly available battle plans.

Transparency

in military operations.

transparent

warfare.

open diplomacy.

strategic

retreat.

strategic surprise.

knowing

the risks involved.

factual attribution

regarding those behind an attack.

that there is no media coverage.

having

enough resources to respond.

prolonged

negotiations.

loss

of trust between nations.

increased

predictability in military operations.

 rapid shift in the balance of power.

political trust.

reliability.

burden sharing.

common procedures.

The

use of non-lethal combat only.

No-man's land on the battlefield.

The lack of clear objectives when setting out

to use force.

Uncertainty over the tools

used to achieve the aims.

that there is no media coverage.

factual attribution

regarding those behind an attack.

knowing the risks involved.

having

enough resources to respond.

is an important feature of surprise.

is

not included in NATO’s policy.

rarely

works in a modern conflict environment.

is difficult to achieve in fog of war.