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Cognitive Warfare 6th Domain of Military Conflict
● LEAD STRATEGIC MONOGRAPH // 6TH DOMAIN OF WARFARE

What Is Cognitive Warfare? The 6th Domain of Military Conflict and the Human Mind as the Battlespace

In 2020, NATO Allied Command Transformation formally codified Cognitive Warfare as the Sixth Domain of Warfare—joining Air, Land, Maritime, Space, and Cyber. While cyber warfare attacks technical infrastructure, cognitive warfare weaponizes neuro-biology, generative persona swarms, and algorithmic feed capture to dismantle sovereign command structures from within.

BY BHANU PRATAP MEENA • FOUNDING COHORT, LADAKH UNIV & USI • 18 MIN READ • VERIFIED PRIMARY TELEMETRY

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