air power
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A War Iran Does Not Need to Win Decisively
Why the Trump-Israel coalition’s wider objectives are easier to frustrate than Iran’s narrower aim of survival and retaliation revealing the asymmetry between preserving a state and trying to break one Iran holds the cards because it is fighting defensively on its own terrain, with time, geography and economic leverage on its side; Trump blundered by… Continue reading
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The Truth About Downed Aircraft Is So Hard to Say
When Multiple Expensive Aircraft Start Falling Frequently Great Powers Cannot Admit Enemy Attrition In war, what governments avoid saying clearly can tell you as much as what they openly admit. When expensive aircraft begin going down in or around a contested theatre, the immediate tactical explanation matters less than the political meaning of the loss.… Continue reading
