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title: The Rise of Motorcycle Warfare.
description: "From the Sahel to Myanmar, cheap dirt bikes now give insurgents speed, reach, and surprise that armored convoys cannot match — and conventional militaries have yet to find an answer."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/the-rise-of-motorcycle-warfare.md
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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From the Sahel to Myanmar, cheap dirt bikes now give insurgents speed, reach, and surprise that armored convoys cannot match — and conventional militaries have yet to find an answer.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/the-rise-of-motorcycle-warfare/.
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