When Operation Desert Storm ended in 1991, it blew the Soviet Union’s collective mind—and Moscow’s hangover has never ended.
The hardest pill the Soviet general staff would have to swallow was that Iraq was fighting with Soviet doctrine: Soviet gear, Soviet training, and a Soviet-style air defense concept. The Russians expected Baghdad to be a stress test for American air power and a preview of how a U.S. coalition (like NATO) might bleed in a big, messy land war.
Author: Michael
D. Laich, RespState
It’s about manpower, material, and most importantly, how we choose to use our military forces. We’re doing it all wrong.
Reuters
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S.
Gary Anderson, RealClearDefense
In 1989, a group of Marine Corps officers and civilian military theorists wrote several professional military journal articles describing a new wave of…
Lauren C. Williams, Defense One
ADM Daryl Caudle issued a direct call for transparent contracting with the maritime industrial base.
Liselotte Odgaard, RCD
The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy mentions access to Greenland as essential for the defense of the U.S. homeland.
The first batch of the 323 new recruits joining
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The second under-23s Inter Services clash again
The Indian Advanced Multirole Combat Aircraft (AMCA) fifth generation fighter program has faced further delays, with the first flight of the AMCA Mk1 prototype having been postponed. The aircraft was initially planned to make its first flight in 2028 or 2029, before entering service in 2033 or 2034, with the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation now planning to operationalise it only in 2034 or 2035.No prototypes or components of the aircraft have been publicly revealed to date, raising serious questions regarding its viability.