Modern War Institute

"As more unmanned platforms with increasingly autonomous capabilities are developed, the challenge shifts from a technological one to one of employment techniques." mwi.westpoint.edu/commanders-int…

From Khan Yunis to Fordow: The Strategy of Subterranean Spaces mwi.westpoint.edu/from-khan-yuni…

The important question isn't whether artificial intelligence can enhance and speed up Army targeting processes. It's how to integrate the technology into targeting to harness its benefits and protect against its inherent limitations. mwi.westpoint.edu/targeting-at-m…

"One of the clearest signs we had won: a terrorist planting an IED was beaten by an old woman with a broomstick. The people were taking back their city." mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

"What an American version of total defense should look like is the million-dollar question for practitioners and policymakers." mwi.westpoint.edu/what-would-war…

"Clearly there's a recognition of the increase in speed, range, and lethality of the weapons systems we're employing." mwi.westpoint.edu/five-questions…

"Hamas conceives of its tunnels as battlefields in their own right. It expects Israeli soldiers to enter its tunnels—to reach hostages, destroy military equipment, collect intelligence, and engage militants." mwi.westpoint.edu/from-khan-yuni…

Drones are proliferating on the modern battlefield. So are efforts to defeat them with jamming. How can the US Army overcome that challenge? mwi.westpoint.edu/commanders-int…

Don't miss the latest episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast, featuring retired Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster! mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

Targeting at Machine Speed: The Capabilities—and Limits—of Artificial Intelligence mwi.westpoint.edu/targeting-at-m…

A war with China would mainly be fought in the Indo-Pacific. But it would likely also include Chinese irregular warfare tactics aimed at slowing US political and military decision-making, overwhelming domestic emergency services, and more. mwi.westpoint.edu/what-would-war…

Do states and nonstate actors conceptualize the utility of the underground differently? Not anymore. mwi.westpoint.edu/from-khan-yuni…

"This is the challenge, then, for military forces like the US Army that seek to leverage the capabilities of unmanned platforms while reducing their vulnerability to jamming: creating a method to provide intent to autonomous systems." mwi.westpoint.edu/commanders-int…

"We dug a fourteen-foot berm around Tal Afar, leaving only three routes in and out. That isolation effort was decisive." mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

What does the commandant of the US Army War College think about the increasing importance and emergence of new of domains like space and cyber? Find out here: mwi.westpoint.edu/five-questions…

"There is therefore a central question the Army has yet to answer: Can AI enable the D3A cycle to achieve faster, more reliable, and more effective targeting—while preserving accountability through human oversight?" mwi.westpoint.edu/targeting-at-m…

"Yet another similarity between Iran’s underground infrastructure and Hamas’s tunnels is the way it complicates adversary understanding of damage done to these spaces and the capabilities they protect." mwi.westpoint.edu/from-khan-yuni…

"In an irregular warfare campaign, Chinese hackers would almost certainly seek to both cause physical damage and deny access to necessary daily services for large portions of US population, creating fear and chaos in the homeland." mwi.westpoint.edu/what-would-war…

From Tal Afar, Iraq twenty years ago to Gaza today, urban warfare is characterized by a number of enduring truths. This episode examines those timeless lessons. mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

The concept of commander's intent is how leaders assure mission success even when communication with subordinates is impossible. Why not repurpose it for drones and their operators when signals are jammed? mwi.westpoint.edu/commanders-int…