Non-Contact Warfare

A Strategy for Future

Abstract

Examining events after World War II shows that the emerging technological environment is shaping the future. The shift in operational doctrine from ‘massing of forces’ to ‘massing of effects’ with a quantum reduction in physical contact between adversarial forces has been scripted. Future conflict trends are likely to be diffused, diverse and disruptive. Expanding security-arena from traditional to non-traditional domains necessitates a nuanced doctrinal approach. The escalation levers are looking at non-military and military means of contestation.