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Appendix E: Thoughts and Reactions to Planning Committee Discussions
Pages 107-109

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... The advantage of standoff has all but eroded and the leveling of arsenals in the realm of hypersonics is lowering the strategic threshold. In the Department of Defense War Games -- 2018 Joint Land, Air, and Sea Strategic Special Programs -- the game coined Zbellion foretold the current societal unrest, generated and amplified by a series of disinformation campaigns.1 There is a loss of faith in institutions, use of alternative currencies, and generational norms.
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From page 108...
... The Chinese term for this is systems destruction warfare: Attack the American battle network at all levels, relentlessly, and practice and probe every day. Ground has been ruled out as too hard -- solving heavy forward logistics inside effective operational and tactical aircraft range for air superiority, strike, and close air ground support.
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... , the creation of a joint target list, a reserved target list, and a joint integrated priority targeting list. These lists then need to have with them the first order effects through the third order effects before they move into an air tasking order.
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