ISWAP militants hit a Nigerian army base with drone-supported assault early Thursday.
Multiple armed drones. Coordinated ground attack. Several soldiers killed.
This is the second drone attack in Borno State this week.
Non-state actors don't deploy drones for spectacle. They deploy when the capability provides tactical advantage over conventional defense.
The pattern reveals systems evolution.
Seventeen years into an insurgency, ISWAP adapted faster than the counter-insurgency structure could respond.
They identified the capability gap. Built the capacity. Deployed under operational conditions.
Most organizations wait until competitors deploy new capabilities before recognizing the gap.
By then, the advantage is already lost.
Tactical evolution doesn't announce itself. It emerges from operational necessity.
The organizations that survive disruption are the ones monitoring capability gaps before they become exploitation vectors.
Where are your blind spots to emerging capabilities?
What tactical evolution is happening in your operational environment that your systems aren't designed to detect?
Adaptation speed determines survival.
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