In 1991, China’s Desert Storm lesson was almost entirely about its capability gap. The maritime domain barely registered because the Gulf War was largely a land-air campaign. The 2026 crisis is ...
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The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for oil and natural gas shipping face an unambiguous reality: a similar effort in the Red Sea that started years earlier ...
April 22, 2026: Specialists in the PRC/People’s Republic of China claim that the country’s energy system is robust enough to withstand major foreign disruptions, including war in the Persian Gulf, ...
April 21, 2026: The European NATO defensive campaign in the Middle East made clear the inadequacy of its air forces. These were organized around small numbers of manned fighters armed with a few ...
During the March-April Israeli American attacks on Iran, the Israeli Mossad secret service had numerous operatives inside Iran reporting on the location and activities of Iranian leaders, scientists ...
Another Pentagon announcement warned, "International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels." That statement makes my point about expanding the area of naval operations quite clear. The U.S.
April 23, 2026: A new Chinese warship has been spotted by satellite photos under construction in a shipyard. The ship has two large square spaces visible that reveal the position and size of the main ...
The Russian current reaction to all this is to change nothing and issue press releases about imaginary victories. Russia now claims that Ukraine, not Russia, has suffered 1.3 million casualties so far ...
While Russians quickly adapted to cellular communications and most have cell phones, about 12 percent of them still have landline phones, but only two percent of them regularly use them. The current ...
Iran has a lot of naval mines and could, if they were desperate enough, use them to block the Strait of Hormuz and block all oil exports, including Iran’s. Iran has been developing new ways to deploy ...