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FIMI Taxonomy v4.1 — Modular taxonomy of foreign information manipulation and interference

Kinetic Military Action

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Kinetic military action is the deliberate deployment of armed force designed to achieve political objectives through rapid territorial conquest or coercion while remaining below the threshold of declared war, exploiting ambiguity and asymmetric costs to prevent effective counter-response.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Command and Control

Kinetic military action is the deliberate deployment of armed force designed to achieve political objectives through rapid territorial conquest or coercion while remaining below the threshold of declared war, exploiting ambiguity and asymmetric costs to prevent effective counter-response.

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Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Kinetic {Military} {Action}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/kinetic-military-action.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Kinetic Military Action,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/kinetic-military-action.html.

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