Urban Warfare Project Podcast: Mossad’s Raid in Tehran, 2018
In January 2018, Mossad operatives infiltrated a secret warehouse in Tehran, Iran’s capital of...
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John Spencer | 09.19.25 | Urban Warfare Project Podcast
In January 2018, Mossad operatives infiltrated a secret warehouse in Tehran, Iran’s capital of...
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In doctrine, dogma dies hard. Nowhere is this more evident than in NATO’s enduring obsession with...
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In 2005, then Colonel H. R. McMaster commanded the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Battle...
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