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The book that we bring up in this issue is, although at first glance it may seem otherwise, fundamental when it comes to understanding much of what has been written and done in the last three decades on the military level, both in the most theoretically, as well as practically. Alvin Toffler, its author - always with the help of his wife, Heidi - was a very particular character, a futurist who in just a handful of works, among which it is worth mentioning “The Shock of the Future”, “The Change of Power”, “The Wealth Revolution”, “The Wars of the Future” and, of course, “The Third Wave”, managed to quite successfully advance many of the trends that define our current society. Revered by many - and reviled by many others - his vision of history, divided into waves and outlined in broad strokes, has inspired authors of all classes and conditions and [Keep reading…]

When you think about the armored weapon, its doctrine, its platforms, and its history, images of the European plain, Arab deserts, Soviet mudflats, or Chinese parades usually come to mind. We rarely remember that armored forces are also very present, and with a rich and varied history, in Latin America. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Contrary to what is believed, the “Samson Option” has never been a true option for a country like Israel, in which nuclear is only of relative importance, given the high threshold of use, due to its conventional capabilities. However, the near future may hold interesting surprises, such as the quest for nuclear supremacy and warfighting. [Keep reading…]

The Moroccan War included all the military campaigns carried out between 1907 and 1927 in the African country. Twenty years of continuous tensions that led throughout this period to emblematic war events such as Larache, Chefchaouen, Al Hoceima or the defeat of Abd el-Krim. This book by Salvador Fontenla, one of the leading military specialists in the history of said war, reflects for the first time and with total precision and exhaustive rigor, the complete history of two decades of bitter combats for the maintenance of Spanish colonial status in the region. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Decommissioning a nuclear-powered ship is a long and technically difficult process due to the need to properly handle not only the fuel, but any hazardous material, from coolants to irradiated material. A process that few can carry out on their own and, even among these, even fewer can afford it. In order to make the text more understandable, instead of presenting several cases at the same time - since each country is a world even if it seems like a truism -, we are going to divide the article into two parts. This first one, we will dedicate to the Russian case, the most studied thanks not only to the work of organizations like Bellona, ​​but also to the obligation on the part of the Russian Federation to bring to light all types of data to benefit from the funds of the Nunn agreement. -Place of 1991. In the next issue we will dedicate a [Keep reading…]

The European construction has involved a process similar to that of a large building; After the foundations - the Coal and Steel Community - came the next phase of raising pillars, columns and floors - the different treaties of the European Communities - until the roof and the laurel branch were placed at the top with the Treaty of Lisbon. Now we are in the phase of partitioning the floors, installing electricity and plumbing. Part of this corresponds to the Europe of Defense, which seems to march in these times with a step that, if not firm, is at least cheerful. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The question of strategic stability and nuclear weapons is one of those issues that at first glance have a direct and easy answer, but once we begin to investigate and delve deeper into the details, a multitude of paradoxes and contradictory effects appear. In a broad sense, strategic stability is usually defined as the absence of incentives for one country to launch a first attack against another, for fear of the costs and damages it could suffer in retaliation. The question is, however, not so simple. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

After the events of the first week of August 2004, the situation in Najaf had turned towards a tense calm, a prelude to what would follow. The first skirmishes had given way to a full-fledged battle when the marines of the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant (Lt) Colonel (Col) Mayer intervened in order to prevent an assault by cleric al Sadr's militiamen on the city's main police station. The first exchanges of fire were the trigger for both sides to deploy more troops to a fight that in its final phases pitted the entire Marine battalion against thousands of Iraqis. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

"Armageddon in Stalingrad" is the second part of the "Stalingrad Tetralogy" written by David M. Glantz in collaboration with Jonathan M. House and published in Spain by Desperta Ferro. It is a work that takes us to the vital quarter that, between September and November 1942, marked the failure of the German Blitzkrieg and marked the maximum advance that the Germans would reach before engaging in a war of attrition that they could only lose. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

In March 2015, the tanks of the Houthi coup plotters and the Yemeni army loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh managed to reach the last large city controlled by the government of Abd Rabbu Mansur al-Hadi. At that moment the Saudis, seeing their man fall, decided to intervene definitively to support the latter, initiating a series of operations that cannot be understood without considering the maritime scenario, surely the most unknown dimension of this bloody conflict. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.