… Exploring the Operational Environment
“When we get into LSCO, we have an opportunity to focus those assets based on what we know the terrain will allow them to do.”
[Editor’s Note: As observed in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-92, The Operational Environment 2024-2034: Large-Scale Combat … Read the rest
“AI-enabled IO present a more pressing strategic threat than the physical hazards of slaughter-bots or even algorithmically-escalated nuclear war. IO are efforts to “influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision-making of adversaries and potential adversaries;” here, we’re talking about … Read the rest
“Agentic warfare is here, whether we welcome it or not. The era of military planners manually gathering limited data and compiling static crisis response options on briefing slides is over. In the next few years, the defense community will … Read the rest
“That acceleration wasn’t just kinetic — it was cognitive. Each successful hit degraded enemy decision cycles, confused their tempo, and fractured their internal command AI. MDTF wasn’t just fighting their force. It was fighting their feedback loop. Victory didn’t hinge … Read the rest
[Editor’s Note: The Army’s Mad Scientist Laboratory is pleased to feature the next in a series of posts excerpting findings from Team Axis Insight 2035‘s Project Deterrence Final Report. This Integrated Research Project documents the findings from … Read the rest