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Windows, Not Walls: Rethinking Air Superiority in Future Wars

For decades, Western military strategy has treated air superiority as a cornerstone of victory. However, the quest for dominance in the skies is becoming less feasible and more expensive—especially when facing a near-peer adversary. Instead, militaries should embrace a more…

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The Somme in the Sky: Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian Air War

The conflict over Ukraine’s skies is eerily reminiscent of World War I’s Battle of the Somme. In those early days, fighters scrambled in the skies above Kyiv, but today, the air war has become a stalemate. Neither Russia nor Ukraine…