Operational Art of War

Military historian and staff college graduate explaining the art of war from the operational level.

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With great resignation I have relented and have started a series to wargame a US invasion of Canada.

Part 1: Why an insurgency (the Maple Mujahideen) isn’t going to happen, but the Canadian military would need to be defeated.

https://t.co/NagkZtITX9

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The full article on Epic Fury airframe losses is now available for free.

I’m off the top 100 for History Rising creators, after peaking at 12th, so perhaps this can get me back on the board.

https://t.co/FtERy5DrhQ

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The last Desert Storm/Epic Fury comparison article is out for early access to paid subscribers and a free preview.

Depending on how you count drone losses, aircraft attrition on Elic Fury was either compable to Desert Storm or more like the Korean War.

https://t.co/FtERy5DrhQ

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The latest Iran article is now available in full to free subscribers!

In Brief: Desert Storm dropped a lot more munitions over a much smaller area.

https://t.co/LKS8wWc1fA

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The next Iran article is out. This one looks at the density of AirPower employed on Epic Fury vs Desert Storm.

Right now it’s for paid subscribers, with a free preview. The full free version will be released next week.

https://t.co/LKS8wWc1fA

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The last article about thr Falklands War is out.

This looks at the how the ripple effects of 1960s defence policy handcuffed the British diluting the 1982 Falklands conflict.

https://t.co/84fyDDVvic

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@JBlackjackP Cough cough: there are no roads where they claim they he Kurds will launch their major offensive in a direction of nothing particularly important.

Gallipoli at least had the Entente trying to seize key terrain.

I’ll just leave it at that.

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The next post about the Falklands War is out.

This one looks at how Britian was a continental military in 1982. Since then they returned to thier historic role of global power projection, but abandoned a lot of capabilities to do that on post Cold War reduced budgets.

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In preparation for the World Cup match, here’s a post about the Falklands War.

https://t.co/GASdoUzOSr

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To all of you crying for more content about the Iran conflict have no fear.

An article about the impact of 1960s defence policy on the Falklands war will be released shortly!

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The next article is out, this time looking at how many munitions were dropped on what targets in Desert Storm vs Epic Fury, and how to adjust those numbers for the greater impact of precision guided munitions.

https://t.co/YBOk3gy8ej

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The next article is out. How does the Epic Fury stable of Aircraft compare to Desert Storm?

TLDR: it’s 25% the size, but let me explain that with lots of graphs and charts!

https://t.co/8EeIGu0NRx

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The final episode about the Atraits of Hormuz is out, looking at what the US can accomplish with a few MEUs and an airborne brigade.

https://t.co/4B5Q8mF5Jl

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Today’s free article looks at why predicting naval warfare in the Straits of Hormuz is so difficult, and what benefits each side gains from controlling the islands around the Straits of Hormuz.

https://t.co/NAP49fkeJ5

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My next Iran War article looks at:

1. Why doesn’t the USN have any warships between 3,200 and 10 tons?

and

2. What are the military (non-political) reasons America’s NATO allies aren’t committing warships to the Straits of Hormuz.

https://t.co/6O7voyhUay

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The next free article on the Iran War is out.

This one looks at why the US issues replacing the Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates are such a problem.

https://t.co/Wj6LxTAetw

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Another free article on Iran’s strategy and capabilities for the Straits of Hormuz.

https://t.co/uDcd8KoPS9

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Here’s the link: https://t.co/LqNoqpIvKf

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A new free post is up about the Iran war.

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Some updated analysis now that the air campaign has kicked off.

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Well here we go, an air campaign against Iran.

Here’s my discussion of this from yesterday: https://t.co/rd3PAUboOq

In terms of what’s already changed since that article:

1. The US kicked off the airstrikes without Iran mining the Straits of Hormuz, which is a relief. Iran has