What did America learn from the war with Iran? In this After Action Review, we break down what went right, what went wrong, and what the United States needs to fix before the next major conflict. Operation Epic Fury showed that the U.S. can still dominate the battlefield: thousands of air missions, successful Patriot and THAAD intercepts, deep strikes against Iranian military infrastructure, effective cyber operations, combat search and rescue, and the successful use of lower-cost systems like APKWS and LUCAS drones. But the war also exposed serious problems: vulnerable bases, drone threats, limited allied support, unclear end states, the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, weak information warfare at home, and America's ongoing struggle to win the narrative after it wins the fight. This is not about cheerleading or doomposting. It is an honest AAR: what worked, what failed, and what we should do better next time. read more
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For years, the Chinese auto industry has employed a hostile price war to kneecap global competitors. Armed with massive state subsidies, cheap raw materials, and an aggressive "scale-first" business model, Chinese automakers flooded the market with electric vehicles priced so low that legacy manufacturers stood no chance to compete. How did they do it? Simple, they couldn't. They did it anyway. Reports from CarNewsChina show that Chinese automakers have been selling vehicles at a loss until a recent law passed by the Chinese government banned below-cost sales of new vehicles. read more
Finland has passed laws which lift a ban on nuclear weapons as it faces increased security concerns from Russia. read more
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It's really 8 on 8/8/88. Going to Jackass 5 for my bday this year, it drops on 8/7.
You are salty that I can link the AF doc where you prefer to virtue signal with the bot that claimed Ukraine was full of Nazis.