Beyond the Gray Zone Special Operations in Multidomain Battle

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Operaciones Especiales en escenarios de guerra convencionales y de Multidomain Battle.

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Hayes James E. 2018 “Beyond the Gray Zone Special Operations in Multidomain Battle”, Joint Force Quarterly 91 (noviembre) (Washington: National Defense University Press) pp. 60-66.

Multidomain Battle en este caso implica el trabajo conjunto entre operaciones especiales y convencionales. La experiencia, después de más de 15 años de combate en Irak y Afganistán señala como aprendizaje que:

… the idea that conventional and SOF formations must operate in an integrated and interdependent manner in order to ensure success on the modern battlefield. Integration and interdependence lie at the heart of MDB, as the concept envisions SOF conducting activities in support of conventional forces and vice versa. (Hayes, 2018:61)

Se trata del intersticio entre ambos espacios o Gray Zone entre la guerra irregular y la “convencional”. Es el área de actuación por excelencia de las SOF:

“SOF’s broad range of missions dictates the need for small, purposebuilt task forces consisting of ground, maritime, and air elements optimized to engage in the irregular, population-centric conflicts occupying the contested space between war and peace. This space, known colloquially as the Gray Zone, has become the focus of SOF’s recent efforts against terrorism and insurgency across the globe and has increasingly defined its raison d’être when compared to conventional forces.” (Hayes, 2018:61)

Palabras clave: Operaciones Especiales, Multidomain Battle, Gray Zone.

Enlace al texto original: https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/jfq/jfq-91/jfq-91_60-66_Hayes.pdf?ver=2018-11-06-094122-477