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Since the beginning of human history, warfare has seen constant evolution. It did nottake hundreds of years from the development of the musket for 1GW to evolve. 2GWevolved and peaked in the 100 years between Waterloo and Verdun. 3GW came to maturityin less than 25 years. 4GW was implemented upon its conception in China seventy-five yearsago, around the same time when 3GW was being implemented in Europe. 5GW resultedfrom the continuous shift of political and social loyalties to causes rather than nations. It willbe marked by the increase power of smaller entities and the explosion of biotechnology.
5GW will be a nets-and-jets war; networks will distribute the key information, provide asource for equipment and material and constitute a field from which to recruit volunteers; thejets will provide for worldwide, inexpensive and effective dissemination of the weapons.
5GW is still ambiguous in nature. Currently, there is no commonly agreed upondefinition for 5GW. It is also denoted to as Unrestricted, or Open Source Warfare. However, this form is rapidly making its advent all around. When and how 5GW started? As per the definition of Non-Contact Warfare, which states, destroying a specific target without a human seeing it. If this assumption is correct, then 5GW techniques started with long-range
artillery and naval gunfire using rifled-barrel weapons. The 5GW has been studied since the 9/11 incident. It is defined as the use of “all means whatsoever” - means that involve the force of arms and means that do not involve the force of arms, means that involve military power and means that do not involve military power, means that entail casualties, and meansthat do not entail casualties - to force the enemy to serve one’s own interest. Its first identifiable manifestations occurred in the United States during the anthrax attacks of 2001.
The distinctive lines between war and peace have faded to a greater extent. Space for classical state vs state, military to military confrontation is being captured by state vs nonstate actors and criminal groups. Of late the concepts of 5GW, hybrid threats and Hybrid War have come under sharp focus amongst military and security academia, world over.
Pakistan since its inception has confronted multifaceted challenges however, in recent past south Asian security environment has changed dramatically, with few key developments dominating security agendas. Therefore, without ignoring the internal fissures / fault-linesand the nature of threat to country from hostile countries, warrants a critical examination of the situation by identifying the hybrid threat confronting by Pakistan with a view to suggest a response that could enable the state to build resilience to these threats.
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