Irregular Attacks
Sabotage
Irregular attacks are covert, deniable physical operations—including sabotage, arson, and infrastructure disruption—that inflict real-world damage and psychological impact below the threshold of conventional warfare to coerce populations and governments while avoiding military retaliation.
Irregular attacks are covert, deniable physical operations—including sabotage, arson, and infrastructure disruption—that inflict real-world damage and psychological impact below the threshold of conventional warfare to coerce populations and governments while avoiding military retaliation.
FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.
Citation
BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
title = {Irregular {Attacks}},
date = {2026-02-17},
url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/irregular-attacks.html},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Irregular Attacks,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/irregular-attacks.html.