The chapter explores how Western armies are studying urban warfare tactics used by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza for potential future conflicts, focusing on tank strategies, drone usage, electronic warfare, and grappling with tunnel challenges. It also delves into the implications of modern warfare influenced by surveillance technologies like drones and satellites, highlighting the evolving battlefield dynamics.
From tunnels to tanks to drones, Gaza’s horrors provide object lessons in urban warfare. We ask what Western forces will be learning about their own future conflicts. Silicon Valley types may relish the prospect of J. D. Vance, a former tech investor, becoming America’s vice-president—but it should in fact worry them (10:15). And the superstitious forces affecting Hong Kong’s property sector (18:57).
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