The Theban tactical innovation was to slant the phalanx so the Sacred Band struck the enemy's best troops first, causing a psychological break in enemy formation.
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Tactics
Jiang reframes Hormuz disruption as a production-system collapse and argues that escalation incentives make the Iran conflict a political-economic choke point beyond price shocks.
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Jiang reframes Hormuz disruption as a production-system collapse and argues that escalation incentives make the Iran conflict a political-economic choke point beyond price shocks.
Key Notes
He says Russian forces demonstrate energy, openness, and cohesion by learning from losses, shifting to smaller reconnaissance units, and innovating tactically against Ukrainian defenses.
Jiang says Putin would view Russian frontline troops as highly motivated and tactically inventive, citing motorbikes and thermal cloaks as examples of adaptation against NATO weaponry.
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"Yeah, so I think for the past year, the war has been over. And if you just look at the front lines, if you..."
"...happening on the front lines, these Russian troops are developing new tactics all the time to counter NATO advanced weaponry. OK, so one example..."
"So the traditional warfare in Greece at this time. It's called a phallax. Right? The hoplite phallax. Okay? So remember, it is like a..."
"...so that you can't take it out collectively. So all America's tactics have backfired so far. They'll continue backfiring. The only way out is..."
"...could be here, because the Iranians have done a very clever tactic of basically guerrilla warfare at a national level, far beyond what the..."
"...we possibly stay engaged with this? But this may be a tactic to keep us weary while the war drags on. And I'm wondering,..."
"...the problem with the Iranian government is they've they've used that tactics for years. I mean, they've used propaganda that was their most dangerous..."
"...shameful. I mean, if it's one thing, to think that that tactic of using the Kurds as the bulwark of the assaults was a..."
"...loving you. I just don't believe it. And I think the tactic is wrong. And it's having the adverse effect. We've seen people demonstrating..."
"...people feel drained just looking at it. And so the new tactic is not to blatantly censor, but to flood with so much information..."
"...all this together is what's happening now in terms of the tactics that iran are"
"...tactical nuclear weapon against Iran's underground So, we would use this tactic to try and destroy the capacity of the Iranians to fire ballistic..."
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