RBT's Defense Blog

            For years, regional strategy in the Middle East operated around a predictable script of calibrated counter-force signalling. When military strikes occurred, retaliation typically focused on direct military assets—airfields, missile launching sites, intelligence installations, and forward military bases. However, recent conflict dynamics indicate a fundamental paradigm shift: - Tehran has increasingly pivoted away from pure counter-force targeting toward a multidomain "punishment campaign" focused on counter-value targets. Rather than seeking tactical parity on a conventional battlefield against superior air power, the strategy focuses on holding high-value economic infrastructure, energy corridors, and systemic network nodes at risk. This shift has become visible in the last 7 days as USA and Israel hit civilian targets in Iran, then as a tit-for-tat action Iran is hitting American interest...

For last 3 decades Israeli PM Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu has been trying to pull USA into a war with Iran. He knew quite well that it was only Iran that stood between his dream of ‘ Greater Israel ’. After Hamas attacked in 2023 to stop Israel from further annexing Palestinian land it gave Bibi his chance finally wage war against Iran with gun on USA shoulder thanks to President Donald J Trump. Bibi tried everything from killing IRGC commanders to killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, bombing Iran nuclear sites to killing 168 innocent children at school in Minab, to instigating riots by sending Starlink devices and weapons to facilitate killings that result in regime change. But Iran stood firm and has seemingly fought off all tricks by Zionist Jewish state of ‘ what Israel wanted to do with Iran ’ and is literally dictating terms for permanent ceasefire, be it charging fee Hormuz to forcing Arab states who were tacitly supporting the war by Israel to cough up money as wa...

(Iran Blockaded Strait of Hormuz as Part of Asymmetric Warfare) Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz as part of its Asymmetric Warfare strategy. Iran has heavily mined the entry and exit to Strait of Hormuz which falls under its territorial waters. Strait of Hormuz is a mere 21 miles wide at its narrowest point and has left only 2 narrow entry and exit channels open that are just 2 miles wide, and both fall under its territorial waters. Strait of Hormuz is a sea route from where not just 20% of global crude oil shipments but also around 1/5th of natural gas, aluminium, fertilizer passes through. This blockade has also affected the business prospects of other Persian Gulf countries, be it Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and above all UAE. Asymmetric Warfare has reshaped modern conflicts more than conventional battles. It pits a weaker actor against a superior military power using unconventional methods to exploit vul...