Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2027 and…

Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2027 and NATO is at war with Russia. Units from the U.S. Navy, French Navy, and British Navy work together to conduct long-range missile strikes on Russian forces in Kaliningrad. According to lecture, an American military officer writing an after action report about the attack would refer to it as a(n) ___________________ operation.

Consider the following hypothetical: it is 2045. Mexico and…

Consider the following hypothetical: it is 2045. Mexico and Canada both now possess nuclear weapons, which they acquired in the preceding decade as a deterrent against US aggression in the late 2020s. Mexico and Canada are also adversaries now as they fight over the territory formerly held by the United States, which imploded during the great Facebook vs. Instagram social media civil war of 2030 (it pit boomers against zoomers and everyone came out a loser). As the Canadian-Mexican war drags on, Canada’s Prime Minster decides to use nuclear weapons against Mexico’s three largest cities. According to lecture, this type of nuclear strategy is known as:

Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2030. Th…

Consider the following hypothetical scenario: It is 2030. The U.S. and Mexico have been at war for over a year. The fighting has bogged down into a stalemate. The two sides now face one another along a static and continuous trench network that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. According to Robert Pape’s Bombing to Win, the most effective way the U.S. can use strategic attack (bombing) to bring the war to a conclusion is to initiate: