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GAO-10-1036R 1 (2010-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GA 0 4 Aontabilty I Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 10, 2010 The Honorable Loretta Sanchez Chairwoman The Honorable Jeff Miller Ranking Member Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives The Honorable Adam Smith House of Representatives Subject: Hybrid Warfare Senior military officials recently testified' before Congress that current and future adversaries are likely to use hybrid warfare tactics, a blending of conventional and irregular approaches across the full spectrum of conflict. In addition, several academic and professional trade publications have commented that future conflict will likely be characterized by a fusion of different forms of warfare rather than a singular approach. The overarching implication of hybrid warfare is that U.S. forces must become more adaptable and flexible in order to defeat adversaries that employ an array of lethal technologies to protracted, population-centric conflicts such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of Defense (DOD) officials have discussed the need to counter the continuum of threats that U.S. forces could face from non- state- and state-sponsored adversaries, including computer network and satellite attacks; portable surface-to-air missiles; improvised explosive devices; information and media manipulation; and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high- yield explosive devices. 1Hearing on U.S. Southern Command, Northern Command, Africa Command, and Joint Forces Command Before the House Armed Services Committee, 11 th Cong. (2009) (statement of General James N. Mattis, USMC Commander, United States Joint Forces Command); Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Department ofDefense's Science and Technology Programs Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities of the House Armed Services Committee, 11 th Cong. (2010) (statement of Rear Admiral Nevin P. Carr, Jr., United States Navy Chief of Naval Research); and Hearing on U.S. Marine Corps Readiness Before the Subcommittee on Defense of the House Committee on Appropriations, 110th Cong. 132-133 (2008) (testimony of Lieutenant General James F. Amos, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Combat Development and Integration). GAO-10-1036R Hybrid Warfare

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