Shadow Strategy: The Enduring Challenge of Gray War: Implications for Air and Space Power (DeMarco Banter)

Drafted 4 May 2025 Shadow Strategy: The Enduring Challenge of Gray War: Implications for Air and Space Power Thankful for National Defense University's Prism Journal for publishing this article. Here is the original piece prior to edits The contemporary global security environment is increasingly characterized by competition and conflict that falls short of traditional armed …

The Systemic Disruption of the Iranian State: Operation Epic Fury and the 2026 Conflict Assessment: DeMarco Banter

The Strategic Paradigm of Modern Systemic Warfare (Piece written on 5 April, prior to the 7 April "cease fire" will be interesting to see how this shapes up.) The initiation of Operation Epic Fury at 1:15 a.m. ET on February 28, 2026, marked a definitive shift in the application of Western airpower and economic statecraft …

Mass, Miniaturization, and Minds: Rethinking the Operational Logic of Airpower: DeMarco Banter

There are moments when a technology does not simply add capabilityโ€”it rewrites the logic of competition. The airplane did that. Radar did that. Precision guidance did that. Autonomy is doing it now. The character of conflict is being reshaped by three converging forces:ย mass,ย miniaturization, andย minds. Mass in the form of affordable, attritable, and disposable systems. Miniaturization …