by Paula Jaegar, Research Associate, U K Defence Forum
In irregular warfare, superiority in the physical environment is of little value unless it can be translated into an advantage in the information environment
(Professor Laurence Freedman, The Transformation of Strategic Affairs, 2006)
The Revolution in Military Affairs has slipped somewhat from the public debate. Is the concept dead, or simply sleeping off six or seven years' worth of shocks to the body militant ? How does it apply to contemporary scenarios of irregular warfare?