In this fifth installment of The Low-Cost Destruction Threshold Doctrine, Nicolin Decker examines Civilian–Military Logistics Convergence and the growing difficulty of preserving distinction when commercial systems simultaneously support civilian life and military activity.

Modern armed forces increasingly rely upon civilian-origin infrastructure: warehouses, transportation networks, cloud services, payment systems, telecommunications, online marketplaces, and commercial supply chains. Day 5 asks how the law should classify particular objects within those systems without granting categorical immunity to genuine military functions—or allowing limited military use to transform an entire company, network, or economic sector into a lawful target set.

The episode introduces the Directness of Military Contr ...