Ep 079 "Iran, Salvo Competition and the Inevitable Stalemate"

About this episode

Bill Buppert discusses Iran and the concept of salvo competition in military strategy.

I'll discuss Iran and the grunt math of salvo competition. Buppert’s Law of Military Topography: “Mountainous terrain held by riflemen who know what they are about cannot be militarily defeated.” For other insight on Iran, I recommend CG episodes 061 , 067 and 078 . References: The Boogeyman of 21st-Century Warfare: Drones Why the US is facing strategic defeat Points of Resistance and Departure: An interview with James C. Scott Lester Grau and Charles J. Bartles Mountain Warfare and Other Lofty Problems: Foreign mountain combat veterans discuss movement and maneuver, training and resupply (Helion Studies in Military History) Lester Grau The Bear Went Over The Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics In Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition] Lester Grau The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War Mark Thompson The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919 James C. Scott The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia Sun Tzu The Art of War Carl von Clausewitz On War Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy H. John Poole The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare Christian Brose…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Buppert

Topics covered

• Iran
• salvo competition
• military strategy
• mountain warfare
• 21st-century warfare

Keywords

• Iran
• salvo competition
• military topography
• mountain warfare
• 21st-century warfare

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Boogeyman of 21st-Century Warfare: Drones, Points of Resistance and Departure: An interview with James C. Scott, Mountain Warfare and Other Lofty Problems: Foreign mountain combat veterans discuss movement and maneuver, training and resupply (Helion Studies in Military History), The Bear Went Over The Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics In Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition], The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War, The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, The Art of War, On War, A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

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