John Spencer
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War Scholar | Chair of War Studies Madison Policy Forum | Executive Director @urbanwarfareins | UWP podcast | Thoughts/Posts my own RT/Quote/Like ≠ Official Gov

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U.S. Missile Stockpiles Are Low. Fine. Now Draw the Right Conclusion.

Nobody outside a small circle in the U.S. government knows the size of America’s missile stockpiles. The numbers are classified for a reason. Anyone claiming to know the exact totals is either using

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What Options Does the United States Have Left in Iran? Actually, Many.

The war against Iran that began on February 28 was never designed as a regime-change campaign. Had the United States intended to overthrow the Islamic Republic, it would have applied vastly different

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What Does America Get for $3.8 Billion in Israel? And the Way Ahead

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard the question: Why does the United States give Israel $3.8 billion in military aid? Or what does the United States get in return for our $3.8 billion? If

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The Next Domain of Warfare Lies Underground

Palmer Luckey recently went viral arguing that the next domain of warfare will be subterranean. He is right, although probably not in the way many people understood it. Most people heard the comment

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Absurd Claims of Dog Rape and Genocide

I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Both claims collapse under scrutiny and

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Who Has the Upper Hand in Iran?

One of the strangest habits in modern war analysis is how quickly survival gets confused with victory. Iran has not collapsed overnight. The regime still broadcasts threats, launches missiles and

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A Year After Operation Sindoor, Early Narratives Collapse Under Evidence

One year after the opening strikes of Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025, the narrative of downed Indian aircraft and early Pakistani achievements still lingers. That narrative followed a predictable

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Remembering Pahalgam: The Attack That Changed India’s Strategy

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Pahalgam terrorist attack. On April 22, 2025, terrorists entered a meadow near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and carried out a deliberate assault on

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What Would Sun Tzu Say About War with Iran?

Any serious attempt to apply Sun Tzu to modern war has to begin by discarding what most people think they know about him. The Art of War has been reduced to a collection of slogans. It is quoted in

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What Are Iran’s Centers of Gravity and How Are They Being Attacked?

War is not a targeting exercise. It never has been. It is a contest of systems and, more importantly, a contest of wills. Carl von Clausewitz, the 19th century military theorist taught in war colleges

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Day 30: What could possibly be the U.S. options in Iran?

Day 29: What could possibly be the U.S. options in Iran? The U.S.-Iran war has been underway for 30 days now. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish real strategic and military expertise from

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What Would the Master of War Say About the U.S.-Israel War in Iran?

If Carl von Clausewitz were alive today, watching the U.S.-Israel war in Iran unfold, he would not begin with a slogan or a theory fashionable for one news cycle. He would begin where he always

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