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GAO Finds Hybrid Warfare Not Defined; DoD Says Not New Way of War

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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Hybrid warfare is much discussed but neither defined nor much used in Defense Department planning documents, a government briefing to a House committee said. Between 2008 and 2010, military officials have told congressional military committees adversaries in Iraq and Afghanistan used hybrid warfare and that there's an increased likelihood that U.S. forces will encounter an adversary that uses hybrid warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures. Hybrid is usually taken to mean a fusion of conventional, unconventional and irregular…

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