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Hybrid Threat Research Paper

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A majority of America’s leaders and military officials are expressing fears of what they view to be an emerging threat to national security, the hybrid threat. The common definition found regarding hybrid threat is “the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and/or criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.” But, how truly new is this warfare and threat? Haven’t “partnerships” amongst different fractions/groups been ongoing since the development of civilized communities? And, hasn’t America been viewed by our fellow nations as a hybrid threat conducting hybrid warfare for several decades? In the following paragraphs an operation involving the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in combination

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