In 2014, the Pentagon announced its “third offset strategy,” predicting it could use America’s technological superiority to maintain its military edge. Meanwhile, hybrid and information warfare are themselves reshaping the rules of international confrontation in ways the West has yet to truly tackle – and which emerging technology is continually making more complex. forces went to war without an overwhelming advantage was against Nazi German troops in North Africa in 1943. military planners in an unfamiliar position. The Pentagon is increasingly worried about rapid proliferation of Chinese and Russian anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, putting U.S. forces in their immediate neighborhood in the early stages of any conflict. Confrontations with Russia and China in particular are escalating far faster than predicted – with the realistic prospect either nation could outgun U.S. commanders are now considering the prospect of war against enemies who may be capable of deploying overwhelming firepower and sophisticated new technology. From the South China Sea to Eastern Europe – and even the Korean Peninsula – U.S.
