‚Ukraine is in talks with the US and several Gulf states about replicating Kyiv’s acoustic detection network to counter Iranian attack drones, according to people familiar with the matter.‘ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
‚Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war, according to 3 officials familiar with the intelligence.‘
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“The Republican convention, broadcast to the nation on television, did to the Goldwater campaign what an iceberg did to the Titanic.” — There’s a lot going on in my field right now, but I refuse to let this perfect opening line from @maxboot.bsky.social‘s’ ‚Reagan’ pass without proper appreciation.
The Maduro raid will encourage the dangerous notion that daring operations and decapitation strikes can help conclude a major conflict. Capturing or killing an enemy leader, the theory goes, will trigger chaos and collapse resistance. History, however, suggests otherwise.‘
‚What emerges is…the “strike-as-strategy” paradox: the substitution of impressive tactical actions for comprehensive strategic design. Under Trump, this tendency is reinforced by a political culture that demands televised displays of military prowess.
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Im Krieg gegen #Iran droht den USA durch #Drohnen ein ähnliches Dilemma wie der Ukraine im Kampf gegen Russland. Nun bietet Kyjiw Hilfe an – unter einer Bedingung. Habe für @spiegel.de mit @cemoll.bsky.social und @hoanssolo.bsky.social gesprochen: www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Destroy Iran's military capabilities in 2026, and you may not be able to execute your preferred warfighting concept in a great power conflict in Europe or Asia for a couple of years. From a pure military capabilities perspective, this is bad news for conventional deterrence.
This US-Israeli raiding approach to warfare, if it continues at the current operational tempo for weeks, could draw down INDOPACOM & EUCOM stocks that will take many years to replenish, further weakening US military readiness.
A short- to mid-term military risk isn't the US running out of interceptors or PGMs in this conflict per se. It is the opportunity costs.
Strike-as-strategy ≠ a comprehensive theory of success for favorable war termination.
Given the lack of a ground component in this campaign, this assessment would apply exclusively to long-range strike drones and air defenses for the time being.
…— because NATO/US would fight differently, i.e. first and foremost establish air superiority, which would operationally reduce the tactical impact of drones significantly — now have an opportunity to test that assumption in real time as the strike campaign against Iran unfolds.
Those who have argued that in Ukraine two degraded Soviet-era armies are fighting each other, and that their experience in unmanned warfare has limited relevance for our doctrine, force structure, and design…
New piece in @foreignpolicy.com with @amosfox.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/02/i...
This is partly due to the widespread assumption of MDO planners that decapitation strikes at the outset of such a campaign can lead to the relatively rapid collapse of enemy resistance. There is no plan B if this does not happen, except to continue striking targets.
Theoretical constructs such as Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) widen, rather than narrow, the gap between the tactical, military level of warfare and the strategic, political one.
‚Emmanuel Macron has said France has offered to temporarily move nuclear warheads to allied European countries for the first time, as he pledged to increase the size of the country’s arsenal.‘ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The US, Israel, and its allies counter with left-of-launch strikes aimed at destroying missiles, launchers, support elements, and C2 nodes as quickly as possible.
It’s a race for and against time in the Middle East: Iran is pursuing an attritional approach by attempting to saturate air defenses, hoping to deplete interceptor stocks.
“Old doctrine assumes maneuver is the default way to fight. Future doctrine should treat it as a rare, deliberate act that is planned, resourced, and protected.” warontherocks.com/2026/01/why-...
And the idea that indecisive warfare is uniquely modern ignores e.g., large swathes of the 16th to 18th century like the Eighty Years’ War, the Thirty Years’ War, the Wars of Louis XIV, and the War of the Spanish Succession.
„ineffectiveness of war?“ —Ethiopia reconquered Tigray. Azerbaijan erased Nagorno-Karabakh in one swift offensive.
‚Israeli intelligence has concluded that… the US has military capacity to sustain just a four- to five-day intense aerial assault, or a week of lower-intensity strikes, an Israeli intelligence official told the FT.‘
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These Ukrainians Don’t Want to Be Traded to Russia for Peace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/w...
Vier Jahre Ukraine-Krieg: Strategien der Erschöpfung
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Heute Morgen zu Gast im ‘The Pioneer’ Podcast, um über die Lage an der Front in der Ukraine zu sprechen.
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A Worrying Military Build-up in the Western Balkans? warontherocks.com/2026/02/a-wo...
‚Iran agreed a secret €500mn arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles in its most significant effort to rebuild air defences shattered during last year’s war with Israel.‘ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Final Pieces Moving Into Place For Potential Attack On Iran
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This looks like one of the largest buildups of U.S. air power and precision strike capabilities in the Middle East in over 2 decades.
