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Russia's predicted method for challenging the U.S. Navy by raising costs rather than winning direct naval supremacy.
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war of attrition
Russia's predicted method for challenging the U.S.
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A strategy of forcing repeated conflict to degrade an opponent's capacity over time rather than defeating it directly.
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Waiting out an enemy because the enemy has fewer resources.
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"...American navy, but what it can do is fight a war of attrition against the American navy, raising costs. Okay? That's number one. Number"
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"...can't do that, okay? The point is to create a war of attrition, where you know that the Americans, will have problems rebuilding these..."
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"...out the war. Okay? This is what we call a war of attrition. Where you wait out the other enemy because the other enemy..."
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"...first thing is that Iran can choose to fight a war of attrition."
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"...think World War III, it's a much more long -term war of attrition. And I don't think that this war will end anytime soon."
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"...a move towards more low intensity conflict where it's a war of attrition, right? So it's a naval blockade. You have some ground forces..."
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"...a move towards more low intensity conflict where it's a war of attrition. Right. So it's a naval blockade. You have some ground forces..."
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"...because it's going to be a slow war. It's a war of attrition. To go in with ground troops is suicidal. So you're better..."
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"...know that the Russian economy is suffering, but this long war of attrition is good for Russia."
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"...around aimlessly. The Soviets are really good at fighting a war of attrition, right? Something called a scorched earth policy, which is how they..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: American war culture has learned to convert military failure into rescue spectacle, while real wars are still decided by economics, organization, logistics, and endurance.
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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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