Leonhard's four temporal aspects, plus the lessons added on training, readiness, the cognitive minute and the electromagnetic fight. Save it for later. Credit for value additions - @KTB_500 @TrentTelenko @Telos_of_War @TimOnPoint @alcal74

Didn't expect this to take off. Thanks to everyone sharing it. Which of the four aspects do you think matters most: duration, frequency, sequence or opportunity? Drop your pick below. Next thread is coming soon.

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The lesson: manage all four together. Good sequencing and high tempo create opportunities. Seizing opportunities shapes how long the war lasts. Space is where war happens. Time is how it's won.

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4️⃣ Opportunity: windows that close. Moments of real enemy vulnerability are brief and unpredictable. You can't schedule them. You can only be organised to spot them and strike before they shut.

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 3️⃣ Sequence: what comes first. Order of events matter. The general that master’s sequential perception understands first, second, third and fourth order consequences of his actions has advantage over his opponent because he has reasoned the most probable sequence of events.

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 2️⃣ Frequency: how often you act. This is tempo. If you act faster and more often than your opponent, they spend the war reacting instead of acting.

3/7 1️⃣ Duration: how long the war lasts. Short wars reward speed and readiness. Long wars reward depth, resources and endurance. A smart side tries to stretch or compress the war to fit its strengths.

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Why time? Lost ground can be retaken. Lost troops can be replaced. A lost hour is gone for good, for both sides. Time is the one resource in war you can never recover.

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We think of war in terms of space: terrain, borders, positions. Robert R. Leonhard argues the decisive dimension is actually time. In Fighting by Minutes, he breaks time in war into four parts. A thread 🧵

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