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Indeed. In China, Mongols solved that problem by hiring local troops and siege engineers, but these weren't available in Europe. Turks meanwhile basically settled in Anatolia, and until they did, they too used local auxilliaries.

Mongol Siege of Klis Fortress – History and War (wordpress.com) Mongols under Kadan’s leadership suffered a major setback at Klis fortress, while hunting king Bela IV. Believing that Bela is in Klis, they surrounded the fortress, launching arrows at it. However, natural defences of the...

Pacific War 2 – Attack on Pearl Harbor – History and War (wordpress.com) While this was understood only by a few people, by 1941. Japan and the United States had been on a collision course for a whole decade. Slide towards the conflict started arguably in 1902., with the signing of the...

In any conflict around Taiwan, main danger will be Chinese submarines, not Chinese missiles. But as said, fear is good to get more funding.

I am aware of all that. But these advantages also hide significant flaws: Japan did not have a good program of pilot training. Or rather, their training was so intensive that they could not Agreed. But as I pointed out above, they will not have remained the world's best for long. That is not...

Agreed, although it does depend on where the battle will be fought. Firstly, carriers in 1939 were nowhere as powerful as they became in 1941 - 1942. Secondly, conditions in the North Sea and the Mediterranean imposed significant limits on carrier operations. Of course, Japanese didn't have any...

Taliban have become the state now. Which means that they are now the ones who have to deal with all the problems that any state has when trying to rule Afghanistan.

https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2021/12/02/pacific-war-1-5-opposing-sides/

Some are. In fact, I have a sneaking suspicion that all Near Eastern wars may have been started intentionally, to start a refugee crisis and turn Europe into US-lite multi-kulti hellhole.

This will be a series of posts about World War II in the Pacific, based in part on Boris Prikril's series Pakao Pacifica though obviously using other sources as well. https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2021/11/28/pacific-war-1-preliminary-moves/ Road to the Pacific War Beginning of the...

Composed by me from various Croatian news outlets: https://historyandwarfare.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/croatia-signs-rafale-purchase/ Two F3R Rafales flew over Zagreb after Croatian government had signed the purchase of new fighter jets for Croatian Air Force. This happened after Croatian Prime...

It all depends on how important Ukraine is to NATO, I think.

To be fair, nothing guarantees complete protection. Even objects that have reduced radar signature (e.g. stealth aircraft) may still get detected, by either other sensors or by mispositioning, chance etc. Same goes for SAMs themselves - ability to reposition etc. improves their survivability...

Thanks.

Thanks. Interesting that the ship you used as an example here has that X-shaped structure below the rear radar array (one that looks more like a dish antenna).

Hello there. Name is Pukovnik7, which is a relic of the time when I still played World of Tanks. Anyway, I am a blogger and something of a military history enthusiast, so expect to see me most often in the military history section of the site. I am looking forward to spending time here, and if...

What are those "horns" in an X shape below the radar dome? I noticed them on several modern warships, but...