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Two sides fight different wars using different techniques because one is much stronger than the other.
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asymmetry
Two sides fight different wars using different techniques because one is much stronger than the other.
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Asymmetry means weaker and stronger powers choose different wars with different techniques; in Jiang's example, Iran's cheap mobile drones exploit American doctrinal rigidity.
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Iranian drones are cheap, easy to make, numerous, mobile, concealable, and able to hit desalination plants, oil fields, hotels, and other high-value GCC targets.
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"...that I want you guys to understand is the idea of asymmetry. Asymmetry. All right? So, what is asymmetry?"
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"Asymmetry means that the two sides are choosing to fight different wars using different techniques because one is much stronger than the other. Okay?..."
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"They're easy to make. They make about $500 a day. Okay? And, estimates are about there's 80,000 right now that the Iranians have. So,..."
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