Some new weapons of warfare are just new ways of using old ones

... changing? People talk about new wars and old wars, but they misunderstand the Clausewitzian view, which sees war as the use of force for political purposes. And the new weapons are generally used for political purposes. So in this sense they still are “Clausewitzian weapons”, but simply weapons of a different nature. For example, it is interesting how counterinsurgencies and terrorism have developed. People tend to think of these both as new forms of war. But indeed, what do the terrorist use their weapons for, be they planes filled with innocent people or IEDs (improvised explosive device)? They are still used for political ...