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Angus King: “A new type of war has emerged in which armed warfare has given up its decisive place in the achievement of the military…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
A new type of war has emerged in which armed warfare has given up its decisive place in the achievement of the military and political objectives of war to another kind of warfare: information warfare.
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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King discusses the rise of information warfare as a modern conflict.

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