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Analysis across the domains of warfare from Small Wars Journal: land, maritime, air, space, cyber, information, cognitive, human, and the electromagnetic spectrum. Coverage spans doctrine, multi-domain operations, capability development, and how competition and conflict play out within and across domains.

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