"Without a credible smoking gun, NATO will find it difficult to agree on an intervention," according to NATO REVIEW Magazine.
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US special ops are still trying to figure out how to counter Russia's new way of warfare
Technology will play a significant role in this new realm of warfare, one senior researcher said.
Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, take cover behind an armoured vehicle as they attempt to take over a military airbase in the Crimean town of Belbek near Sevastopol March 22, 2014.
The presence and use of special ops will also increase, as they already have in places like Iraq and Syria. "More special ops died last year than conventional forces," Lemmon said. "I think that points to the future of warfare."
This new kind of warfare also brings up questions about the rules of engagement, and how the US can counteract it without triggering a full-scale conventional war.
"It is taking the idea of warfare into a totally different realm."
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While the results of the study are two years late, the Pentagon expects to have an "answer with our thoughts" before the end of June, Whalen told Congress.
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