How Air Power will Reshape Geopolitics in the Gulf

stlbeacon.org - 4/18/2026

The conflict in the Middle East over the past 40 days has been defined in large parts by air power, air defence, and targeted strikes. Supremacy in the air will, in large part, dictate the future of regional geopolitics. Gulf states seeking new fifth-generation combat aircraft will mobilise their stated aims of diversification under the concept of strategic autonomy and multipolarity.

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