Navy decommissioned minesweepers. Drones drain interceptors. Autonomy gap prevents sea control. Iran operates selective blockade.
Browsing: Autonomy
Iran crisis could enable historic Kurdish settlement: state reduces fronts, Kurds seize autonomy opportunity.
Damascus seized northeast Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy. US abandonment sparks unprecedented cross-border solidarity movement.
The Gulf is collateral damage in Israel’s war on Iran; it needs a “Gulf First” policy.
A fragile Syrian ceasefire aims to integrate Kurdish areas but risks collapse over autonomy, threatening renewed ethnic conflict.
The UK’s Strategic Defense Review targets a force with 80% unmanned platforms by 2035. While AI programs for targeting and logistics are advanced, progress is hindered by a bureaucratic “Valley of Death” separating innovation from field deployment.