SOFIC 2018: SOF increasingly rely on soft power
Global special operations forces are becoming increasingly reliant on ‘soft power’ to increase their relevance and mission success across the contemporary operating environment (COE), the commander of the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF) has disclosed.
According to Col Modestas Petrauskas, modern special operations forces must be capable of correlating kinetic tools with ‘informational dimensions’ including electronic and cyber warfare capabilities.
Speaking exclusively to Shephard, he said: ‘Even though LITHSOF consider and prepare to operate in traditional land, air and maritime environments, correlation of kinetic SOF tools with informational dimension as well as soft power are becoming increasingly important for
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