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maybe political reasons, the above strategy (combined arms from each axis) requires thousands of troops and airpower which might not be welcomed by Russia/Syria so the military has constraints for their ops, constrains set by politicians who might only consider the outcome of ops but not the...

Yes drones to provide constant info the the infantry on the ground, if with this they manage to spot/destroy/locate VBIED's before they reach troops it would make the job a lot easier. Having followed these anti IS ops i've noticed large-scale combined arms assaults turn out much better than the...

PKK is not comparable to IS, YPG was losing towns constantly to IS until the USAF stepped in. No it wouldn't be a piece of cake, PKK in Nusaybin for example didn't have ATGW, armored VBIED's and tons of other deadly equipment. The problem is the following; you send in armor they counter it with...

Like any military has which hasn't faced this type of combat recently, but everyone here had to be arrogant when I pointed that out. Everyone had to tell me they'd chew the enemies alive.......

Seems Europe is not as paranoid about muslims like usa

that's why regional army generals should discuss and work together rather than listening to civilian leaders whose policy causes these deaths

These 2 are the largest ships 60 meter ships with 30mm guns. They planned for a larger ship with 76mm oto melera gun but IS problem delays that. Given the narrow coastline Iraq's navy will never be large, for iraq the real 'attack' force for naval targets has always been through the air...

Iraq, Iran hold joint war game in Persian Gulf The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that the naval forces of the two countries are running a joint war game in the Persian Gulf. The naval forces of Iran and Iraq are going to run a marine war game at the mouth of the Persian Gulf the...

KDP peshmerga For some reason that I don't know Germany has only supplied arms to KRG and not to Baghdad and they supplied them in huge numbers, from G-36's, MG-3 to Panzerfaust and lots of ammo.

IS used over (confirmed number) 600+ VBIED's in Mosul, these vids are a few of their successful ones, many have been repelled. No battle is faultless and perfect, there will always be casualties. UAV's scattering the skies could deliver more info to the troops given that its hard to spot these...

Assyria originated from North Mesopotamia, expanded to the levant. If Iraq and Syria are 'artificial' than they still don't belong to neighboring sates, they'd either be unified or further divided. But to further divide they'd need historical backing to be a state that is not 'artificial', kind...

And even with that simple description which can be disputed and discussed. A current/temporary situation of unity in a country (during wartime) doesn't erase recent history and decide whether a state is 'artificial' as 500 states.

All states are artificial. Syria represents a large part of the Levant whereas Iraq represents most of Mesopotamia. For thousands of years these regions were their own and today they still carry cultural/traditions from thousands of years ago. The levantine part of Syria is unique and differs...

lots of attacks today

europe was fine before 2014 with the millions of migrants. its from the new wave of migrants