They are getting a little better at their progaganda. I know a lot of people this article could draw in that are not as dumb as the typical CNN watcher, but aren't going to study foreign policy.
The phrase the jump out the most to me in terms of a preventive strike is "inventive pornographers" in relation to deep-fakes.
It's got just enough actual writing skill deployed that you feel you're reading both a policy and social expose in the spirit of the New Yorker or Vanity Fair.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-future-of-war-will-be-liked?utm_source=pocket-newtab