u/Creepyfaction

Before the advent of drones, car bombs were the smart munitions of terrorist groups. By the time of ISIS in Syria-Iraq, they seemingly had a system of mass producing VBIEDs on an industrial scale. They even boasted of having an endless stream of volunteers willing to go along with it to the point of having a ministry dedicated to it. But from a perspective of logistics and manufacturing, what can be said about VBIED production? How far were terrorist groups able to scale up before running into bottlenecks and how did counter-terrorist groups tried to disrupt production?

Given wars were still being fought despite Covid among a host of other diseases in the past that decimated armies, what was the thinking behind operations if biological weapons were used? How different would a military do things compared to operating under existing natural epidemics/pandemics?

With the current wars featuring attempts at bunker busting underground or heavily protected targets, what exactly was the situation regarding attacking similar targets in the Cold War-era?

Back when China was a green-water navy under the doctrine of People's War among others that came and went, what exactly was their naval and coastal defense posture at the time? How much of that is relevant today or discredited with time?

While the Cold War was focused on the European Front in terms of military matters, was there ever any concerns over additional theaters of WW3 if it broke out? For Soviet clients like Vietnam or Nicaragua among others, did they themselves consider any plans for WW3 that may involve them or coordinate with the Soviets in their plans for a wider war outside of Europe?

Compared to the Harriers that saw service with NATO, what role did the Soviets see in their development of VTOL aircraft?