Iran's missile force and the strategy that inspires it has evolved over the decades. At first it was born as a low-precision ballistic missile force, designed to carry out simple retaliation and deterrence attacks against intimidation and terror attacks. In recent years it has become a very sophisticated highly precise missile force with regional range, enhanced with cruise missiles and suicide drones... [Keep reading…]
Airspace will be heavily contested in the future. In that operating environment, capital aircraft such as the AWACS E-3 Sentry or the JSTARS will not be able to survive and will have to be retired from service. To make matters worse, the fifth generation fighters will not be able to operate with freedom of action at the risk of also being shot down. The ABMS system of systems will replace E-3 Sentry and JSTARS. However, it will not be a platform but a large system of platforms of various types; a node that will coordinate the entire air war in a distributed manner and network war. Furthermore, it is possible that it will have a revolutionary effect and become the core of the future joint Multi-Domain Warfare. [Keep reading…]
The collapse in oil prices that we have experienced today, Monday, April 20, has its cause in the confluence of the oil war that has been brewing between Russia and Saudi Arabia since the end of 2019 (fracture in OPEC +) and the collapse in oil demand due to the coronavirus crisis. [Keep reading…]
The future of the US Navy's supercarriers has been called into question after Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he was dissatisfied with the architecture and structure of the fleet planned for the future. In an operating environment in which these vessels will be more vulnerable, critics argue that the large financial expenditure on such large and expensive platforms is a waste of resources. [Keep reading…]
The topic of European defense in general and "strategic autonomy" in particular, is increasingly fashionable, with articles and studies that address the issue multiplying, since President Trump sowed the seed of doubt as to whether the United States The US will maintain its defense pacts with Europe. The question to be clarified is whether Europe and more specifically the European Union, beyond wishful thoughts, can truly be militarily and strategically autonomous. (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.
A rumor is circulating that Israel is "pressuring" the US to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, in exchange for Morocco recognizing Israel and the "Deal of the Century" plan aimed at solving the Palestine conflict. [Keep reading…]
Today there are 50 US nuclear bombs deployed in Turkey within the NATO framework of nuclear sharing or shared nuclear weapons (guaranteeing Turkish security). However, Erdogan has made explicit his desire to have nuclear weapons, disdaining those nuclear defense guarantees made by NATO and the US. [Keep reading…]
Currently, in the eastern Mediterranean, a power game is developing in which energy, gas exploitation and gas pipeline policy explain a good part of the behavior of strategic actors and their deployments of military force. [Keep reading…]
There are people who have been greatly surprised by the fact that the US did not have anti-missile systems deployed in Iraq to stop missile attacks like those that Iran has carried out to attack American troops in retaliation for the death of Soleimani. It really shouldn't be surprising at all. [Keep reading…]
The following article will provide a profile of Iranian strategic culture, its main strategic and military doctrines, and how these doctrines and concepts must be understood to understand Iranian strategic conduct in the use of armed force; especially to understand the specific case of the attack against Iraqi air bases with American personnel. [Keep reading…]
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