Feb
20
JOURNAL: On Superempowerment and 5th Generation Warfare
The question: How does the concept of individual superempowerment apply to warfare?
Bill Lind (the “father of 4GW”), in a recent article, defines a superempowered individual as a lone gunman. He cites recent examples of this:Between February 8 and February 14, four American schools suffered attacks by lone gunmen. The most recent, at Northern Illinois University on February 14, saw five killed (plus the gunman) and 16 wounded. Similar attacks have occurred elsewhere, including shopping…