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Wars need lots of weapons as well as soldiers

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- Wars are costly, messy things. They are never efficient and only very seldom elegant. Larger wars between major industrial powers, of course, destroy lots of weapons systems as well as lots of people. That is why major powers still need lots of soldiers and lots of relatively cheap, easily manufactured and easily replaced weapons systems.

While some states weaken, others grow strong

WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- Much valuable work has been done on the increasingly widespread phenomenon of fourth-generation war, often referred to as 4GW, over the past decade.

Obama rides high after hostage rescue

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama passed his first test as commander in chief with flying colors in approving the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips, but the pirates of Somalia have vowed they will strike back.

Israel may boost ground forces in Gaza

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Israeli army looks like it is belatedly preparing for a longer, more massive ground action than it originally planned.

War reflects human nature and culture

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- All of Martin van Creveld's books are worth reading, but a few are "big books," books so important that anyone interested in war must read them.

Georgia war transforms global strategy assumptions

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Small wars result in low casualties and negligible weapons attrition for the victor -- especially if it is a superpower.

Russia's tanks revive old lessons about the nature of war

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The central role played by Russian tanks in occupying one-third of Georgia in only five days teaches a very sobering lesson: The major wars of the 21st century will be a lot more like World War II than most fashionable pundits and military theorists have dreamed.

Russia's older tanks still pack punch across Eurasia

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The effective use of decades-old Russian T-72 Main Battle Tanks in the brief Georgia conflict again shows how supposedly obsolete weapons can still play a potent and even decisive role in modern war.

Russian army shocks West in Georgia ops

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The mini-war between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia is less than six days old at the time of writing, but many tactical weapons system and strategic lessons are already emerging from it.

Defense Focus: Numbers count -- Part 2

WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Wars destroy lots of weapons systems as well as lots of people. That is why major powers still need lots of soldiers and lots of relatively cheap, easily manufactured and easily replaced weapons systems.

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