Currently, warfare heavily favors defense over offense because ubiquitous sensors make force concentration suicidal, but this is not permanent; historically, new technologies outpace existing organizational and doctrinal constructs, and eventually new warfighting approaches emerge that restore offensive advantage.
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General Mick RyanEvidence Quote
“we've seen this before where the introduction of new technologies outpaces the organization and doctrinal constructs of of existing military institutions we saw it during the first world war we we've seen it in other parts of History so uh this is a result of new technologies um so what's going to change the current situation is not technology what will change the current situation is the work on different organizational constructs and more importantly new war fighting constructs that use people and Technology differently and more creatively”
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Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look Like— Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik PreslCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:55:20 AM
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