Mario Nawfal(@MarioNawfal):NATO’s most dangerous battlefield may be the one where nobody technically starts a war. NATO Military Chief Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says hybrid operations generally remain below the threshold for Article 5, while a direct attack crosses it. That distinction explains why hybrid warfare is so useful in the first place. Sabotage, cyberattacks, infrastructure disruption and covert operations can impose real costs while forcing NATO to repeatedly answer the hardest question in collective defense: When does something designed to look *just short of war* become an armed attack? NATO has deliberately never published that line. And anyone testing the alliance knows it. Writer: Oliver

2026.09.19 14:50

NATO’s most dangerous battlefield may be the one where nobody technically starts a war. NATO Military Chief Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says hybrid operations generally remain below the threshold for Article 5, while a direct attack crosses it. That distinction explains why hybrid warfare is so useful in the first place. Sabotage, cyberattacks, infrastructure disruption and covert operations can impose real costs while forcing NATO to repeatedly answer the hardest question in collective defense: When does something designed to look *just short of war* become an armed attack? NATO has deliberately never published that line. And anyone testing the alliance knows it. Writer: Oliver