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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/middleeast/iran-ukraine-wars-similarities.html
Evolving Warfare Connects the Conflicts in Ukraine and Iran
(New York Times) Lara Jakes - Asymmetrical tactics have helped both Ukraine and Iran hold off stronger forces with which they could not compete in a conventional military confrontation. Iran, for instance, struck at the United States by attacking its allies. It instilled fear in Persian Gulf states by sending one-way attack drones to hit military bases and energy facilities in countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It has also used the threat of mines and small armed speedboats to keep a chokehold on the narrow Strait of Hormuz. Ukraine has assassinated Russian military officials in Moscow and regularly struck oil facilities, the lifeblood of the Russian economy. It has also used sea drones to neutralize Russia's much bigger Black Sea navy. Russian anti-jamming equipment was found in an Iranian drone targeting a British base in Cyprus in March. The two conflicts demonstrate how innovation and technology are reshaping warfare.