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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.
The Ukraine and Iran wars have given military strategists everywhere reason to re-examine their war doctrines. The fact that Russia, despite being a military superpower, has not been able to get the Ukrainians to play dead, and the fact that Iran has not only held its own against the joint might of the US and Israel, but is now also fighting back effectively, tells us why.
Both Ukraine, no doubt with active logistical and financial support from Nato, and Iran, possibly with covert support from Russia and China, have shown that overwhelming military power is not enough to subdue a determined adversary.
The key to their ability to hold out is the use of asymmetric warfare capabilities against enemies with much stronger military, financial and technological power. Without any air force or navy worth the name, both have held two superpowers at bay. They have shown that cheap weaponry, especially drones and missiles (costlier, but easier to move and hide) can work in defence. Air power can pound your cities to dust, and sea power can sink your naval forces and limit your ability to trade export and import, but they cannot ensure your defeat.
Two things make drones and missiles defy the logic of an enemy’s superior military capabilities.
One is comparative costs.........