DefenceTalkUDAIRI RANGE, Kuwait: The rockets’ red glare, the rockets streaming in air lit up the night sky over a sea of sand in Kuwait. The U.S. forces supporting Task Force Spartan and Kuwait Land Forces worked shoulder-to-shoulder to test their capabilities firing their respective truck-based, artillery rocket launchers. “It’s important what we’re doing here because […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-kuwait-artillery-light-up-the-night-sky-74294/

U.S. forces operating in remote, under-governed regions around the world often find that an area’s distinct cultural and societal practices are opaque to outsiders, but are obvious to locals. Commanders can be hindered from making optimal decisions because they lack knowledge of how local socio-economic, political, religious, health, and infrastructure factors interact to shape a […]