The Lapsedpacifist said:
"My point: We have armies that are good at beating other armies... without an understanding of the Operational and Tactical implications of our opponents, we won't get the right capabilities into the field."

As we enter into the QDR period again, I would be interested in knowing what capabilities we need to "get right". Please tell me what unique capabilities we need to buy based on our understanding of the "operational and tactical implications of our opponents?"

More to the point what are the platforms that we need to buy that are unique to Irregular Warfare, Complex Operations, Hybrid Warfare, etc, that we do not need for Major Combat Operations or "Regular" warfighting? Please enlighten us and you might find you have a job at OSD developing the new QDR requirements. Do you really believe there is such a thing as a "COIN rifle"?