War in the modern world
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- Created on: 11-12-18 00:33
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- War in the Modern World
- Can terrorism be defined as war?
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- (In Theory) - Terrorism is closely related to Guerrilla and Revolutionary Warfare.
- (By Definition) - Terrorism involves all three levels of War; Strategy, Operations and Tactics.
- (By Definition) - Can be split into Physical, Moral and Conceptual components.
- "War is an extension of politics" - Terrorism is an extreme extension of war.
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- Terrorists class as 'Violent Non-State Actors' under international law.
- Because of this, under the Geneva convention, the VNSA procedure is different. VNSA's are treated as a mix between Combatant and Non-Combatant.
- Conventional Warfare (Symmetrical) = State versus State.
- Unconventional Warfare (Asymetrical) = State versus VNSA.
- Unconventional Warfare (Asymetrical) = State versus VNSA.
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- Terrorists class as 'Violent Non-State Actors' under international law.
- Because of this, under the Geneva convention, the VNSA procedure is different. VNSA's are treated as a mix between Combatant and Non-Combatant.
- Conventional Warfare (Symmetrical) = State versus State.
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- Can modern wars be won without air superiority?
- Six Day War (1967)
- Israeli air force dominates Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian air forces despite being numerically out matched.
- Israel's (C3 / C3I), Preemptive strike and skilled pilots and ground crews allowed them to destroy opposition almost immediately.
- Dunkirk (1940)
- German air power dominates the skies over Dunkirk, picking off waiting troops on the beach.
- British forces only had limited air support for a few hours at a time with long gaps between.
- Arab Revolt (1916 - 1918)
- Arabs harassed by sorties from the Ottoman Empire.
- Arabs conduct guerrilla campaign against the Ottomans despite superior firepower and air support from the Ottomans.
- Six Day War (1967)
- Three third world countries at odds with the west.
- Afghanistan (2001 - 2017)
- Taliban turn out victorious in the Afghan civil war and run the country according to strict Sharia laws.
- Al Qaeda are harbouring within Afghanistan and Pakistan's Pushtu tribal regions.
- Al Qaeda launch an attack on the US killing almost 3000 people.
- US demands that the Taliban hand over Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. They fail to do so and America invokes 'Article 5' of the NATO treaty.
- Al Qaeda launch an attack on the US killing almost 3000 people.
- Al Qaeda are harbouring within Afghanistan and Pakistan's Pushtu tribal regions.
- The Taliban's opposition in Afghanistan (The Northern Alliance) work with Coalition air power to remove the Taliban from Government.
- The Taliban come back as an insurgency, ISAF gets entangled in a long and costly COIN operation.
- Majority of combat troops withdraw in 2014/2015. Leaving only training teams and advisers to help Afghan security forces fight the Taliban.
- The Taliban come back as an insurgency, ISAF gets entangled in a long and costly COIN operation.
- Taliban turn out victorious in the Afghan civil war and run the country according to strict Sharia laws.
- Iraq (2003 - 2011)
- Saddam Hussein believed to have 'weapons of mass destruction' (He didn't it was for the oil).
- Coalition (USA, UK Poland etc) invade Iraq in 2003 and defeat Saddam.
- Britain entangled in a messy COIN operation in Southern Iraq that ends badly. Terrorist and militant groups running a mock.
- Britain withdraw with a tarnished reputation.
- Argentina (Falklands War, 1982)
- Background: Argentina wants the Falklands - Maggy Thatchers says oi get lost its ours.
- Britain responds with a fleet of carriers, ships, aircraft and 3 commando brigade and 5 Infantry Brigade.
- Despite some ships being sunk before landing at San-Carlos Water, 3 Commando Brigade and 5 Inf. went on to defeat Argentine troops at Goose Green, Tumbledown, Wireless Ridge and Port Stanley.
- Afghanistan (2001 - 2017)
- Can terrorism be defined as war?
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