The Art of War: Power Projection

Explore the military strategy of power projection in this Art of War series installment. Learn how nations extend force far beyond their borders and why they invest immense resources to dominate distant territories.
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[@kingkongkungkwang]

Power projection is Simon taking over KZbin with 50 different channels and uploading quality videos in multiple different topics.

[@bubee8123]

You made my day sir!

[@freddiemercury2075]

Yes, too true

[@dr.python]

I’ve even seen unofficial advertisements using clips from his videos, so the power projection is outside of YT as well.

[@kingkongkungkwang]

@@dr.python His PP is so strong, he penetrated the YT 4th wall.

[@kutokeyho6924]

😂

[@itiscujo]

Clicks on video "You're a king." Thanks Simon, I needed that😁

[@Plaprad]

"Also, you just royally screwed up everything." Yeah, sounds bout right.

[@uningenieromas]

The argentinians learnt of this the hard way, when the british came to retake their islands from half a world away.

[@ponz-]

Did they though? Yeah they won but they struggled to get there. I could be mistaken so don’t jump down my throat but didn’t one of the carriers have to turn around after leaving port? Leaving air power relying on one carrier. It wasn’t a carrier carrying 50+ jets I think they held 12-20. Again could remembering this wrong but I think bucks had to turn around too but again I could have that wrong. What I was wondering is why they didn’t use bases in the us? Don’t get me wrong they went down there and did their thing but I never understood why we didn’t help with that.

[@zackn8745]

I mean, in the end they were successful, and that's the point. Relatively few nations can carry out a military conflict on a different ocean. Even a shadow of its former self, the Royal Navy had enough redundancy to win a decisive victory. "Two is one, one is none"

[@wilddingo0]

"Their" .... Half a world away....."their"

[@2600seraph2600]

@@wilddingo0The harsh reality of the world is that it doesn’t matter if you’re right.

[@athulkrishna1291]

Whose islands 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@destroyer2496]

Tips to peacefully gain PP (Power projection): - Keep longtime rivals: +5 per rival - Embargo rivals: up to +10 per rival - Insults rival: +5 or +10 for scornful insults - Subsidize rival's enemies Maintaining 50+ PP will grant a nation extra Administrative, Diplomatic and Military power.

[@mattbillington4602]

😂😂

[@williamcox632]

I see that eu4 reference.

[@zachh.9855]

i love keeping my PP up

[@kingjellybean9795]

Turnip2024

[@samael7867]

why do i feel the need to play stellaris again, after reading your commend :D

[@CountachMusic]

Other countries: “let’s burn the bridges” Rome: “Let’s build more”

[@josefstrauss9017]

*Decebalus didn’t appreciate this move*

[@tenanaciouz]

Roman engineer and willingness to build won them countless battles and sieges. turns out when your enemis can barely build towns and your army can build walls, forts and siege equipment on the fly within a couple week you can gain alot of flexibility

[@bboi1489]

"To burn everyone else's"

[@user-pi7gc4wg8k]

The US has force projection capabilities of defending homeland and allies as well as fully operating two different theaters of war, there is not a single nation on earth able to even do part of this. China is trying but it's still way behind. Russia can't even properly enforce its will on a nation right on its doorstep. Iran uses lots of proxies because they severely lack any capabilities to deploy it's own forces for a sustained amount of time even in the region it claims is under its influence. All of our allies rely heavily on US military infrastructure to send their forces into coalition conflicts. They all have strictly defensive militaries if they even have one at all

[@Priapus212]

Way behind? You can't surely believe that😂

[@ScentlessSun]

@@Priapus212Yes, they are way behind. War is won by logistics networks. Your troops can’t fight if you can’t keep them supplied. The USA has bases and supply chains all around the world. The U.S. can refuel its aircraft in the air, anywhere in the world they are needed. No one else can do that. They are the only true blue water navy. The Chinese have no submarines comparable to Americas. Their ships are sitting ducks. Their hypersonics are actually modified ballistic missiles. Because they have a predictable trajectory, the Patriot missile systems in Ukraine have already proven that this can be shot down. The B2 stealth and b21 raider bombers can fly over any country and can’t be shot down. No one is even close.

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

Trump will pull the US out of NATO. America First right? Then watch things happen lol

[@tenanaciouz]

lol Pro american bot comment. Bot name, bot response i've seen a million times. America really trying to desperately keep up this "We can still win any war!" facade when nobody in the nation outside of the extremely indoctrinated or stupid soldiers want more war when our nation is falling apart internally

[@wakes_inc]

​​@@Priapus212 China doesn't ever have control of all the territory it claims. It literally cannot bring it's breakaway areas under it's governance. So yes, it's very far behind.

[@nikhiltirmare4654]

"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power" - *Lucius Seneca*

[@gandoff7840]

Like nukes

[@panwitt4980]

ik you may never see this Simon and team, but thank you for listening to your audience and stopping the use of ai art in your videos. it does not go unnoticed and your videos feel more authentic for it.

[@simongranger8127]

Can you give me an example?, because i have never noticed it

[@Plaprad]

@@simongranger8127 Watch any video from a few months ago. Probably a third of some of his videos were AI art. Got really annoying. Especially when it was a serious topic and the picture just made you laugh.

[@simongranger8127]

@@Plaprad ok, i see what you mean

[@WillieBloom]

You know Simon, you’re not allowed to quit. You’re not allowed to scale back or slow down. You only have your self to blame, you charismatic 😈, you.

[@freddiemercury2075]

Let him take a break, I don't want him falling ill. We need this National Treasure.

[@michaelhall199]

Here as soon as my boi posts

[@LostInDub]

Always 👍

[@LacRagem]

Stopped in the middle of what I was watching the second I saw

[@michaelhall199]

@@LacRagem same fr lol

[@jonathanbarnes215]

I’m late fuck

[@michaelhall199]

@@jonathanbarnes215 all good just like comment sub and like the whole video give this man all the free traffic we can

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

One quote comes to mind: “International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others - in this case, the domination of liberal principles of economics, domestic politics, and international relations over other, nonliberal principles… 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩.” - Robert Kagan, The World America Made (2012)

[@tenanaciouz]

and as america crumbles and it's foundations begins to wear away threatening to split the order it built on bodies and blood with a false smile and promises of freedom washes away like a oil slick down the river of time. thank god

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Those things listed are exactly why it's called international order... Otherwise it's just organised chaos. It was absolutely an evolution in trade and global relationships. Although he is right that it won't last unless you're capable of protecting it.

[@LaserMite]

Wake up babe, Simon dropped a new banger

[@justinford350]

getting old babe

[@j2times2006]

😂

[@lstallings96]

I say there's nothing more entertaining than listening to whatever Simon has in store for us today.

[@JJ-er1ng]

Amazing how many people don't understand this. I get it they don't like war blah blah none of us do but while they sit there complaining about it they're doing so safe from war.

[@smac1706]

I learn more from watching you explain our world than I ever thought possible. It's so nice to have such a reliable, well-researched source of information that clarifies and explains things I learn elsewhere and put them into context better than reading it myself alone. Not to mention all the things I've learned from you that I would have never researched on my own. Thank you, very sincerely, for everything you do Simon! Cheers from Montana, USA!💯😎

[@Novasux]

I love this art of war series, I hope you put them all in a playlist soon!

[@GRAPHGURUS1]

On KZbin, Simon has the best power projection.

[@indigowest6894]

Simon has the greatest power projection on KZbin.

[@CMepTb7426]

I am very glad you also enjoy deep diving into the art of war simon. I hope you have more art of war videos on the way, possibly a collaboration with the operations room for DEEEP dives into battle of what country or kingdom also used these tactics and how effective they were.

[@duelinglectrics]

Simon saying the word “ empire” is a power unto its self

[@Peteeymhh]

Former British Colonist here and Simon saying 'Empire' with a standard accent is moving.

[@yahgamer7369]

just woke up and warographics uploaded a vid this day will be my lucky day

[@Phearsum]

Simon : "A nation needs wealth to project power." USA : "Hold my debt."

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

The line of suckers be deep. Me thinks the "Nat'l debt" is actually a misnomer for the price of having to the world whine over the US "Keeping The Peace"!

[@professorbenjaminfranklinv9911]

lol. Sentiments of old Europe

[@SirMatthew]

We have temporally unstable wealth lol

[@gandoff7840]

Raise hell! Praise Dale!

[@ismail_muhammad13]

😄😂😂

[@murrayeldred3563]

Simon......you are a non stop busy bee.....

[@polyphant]

That intro…. Screw online courses! Give me Simon Whistler ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ 80’s books read like this!!!!!

[@luminyam6145]

You are a master Simon, every video a masterpiece. Thank you.

[@EA-dweller]

There is this small country in the middle of East Africa called “Rwanda” I keep telling people that country is full of geniuses and military geniuses as well. The fact that they’ve been able to project their military forces all over Africa is nothing short of a miracle. Especially when just 30 years ago the country was completely destroyed.

[@SubjectiveFunny]

Great country, we will be sending them a bunch of people this year. Fantastic for everyone.

[@7stormy334]

While I am aware of what happened 30 years ago in Rwanda and the fact the country is one of the most successful African countries I can't find any cases of military force projection aside from some operations against jihadists and the DRC which are nearby.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

I heard that the reason they recovered so well is that afterwards everybody was essentially tired of murdering. Everybody that had issues with everybody was basically dead. Kind of like the purge lol

[@fathertimegaming17]

Good job as always mates. One thing I would clarify though is when you were describing the difference between hard and soft power, soft power is always the implied application of hard power. That's why it's soft. There is no soft power if there is no implied hard power.

[@kutmasterkurt22]

Love how this quirky facts channel has grown, in to a professionally presented non slanted geopolitical news source 👏🏼love the content Edit: aware of the historical see dive bios and true crime and top ten stuff too - same opinion on those too 👌🏽

[@xSolraccarloSx]

That was a killer intro js

[@DebbieMacdonald-xo3ik]

Big shout out from sunny South Africa. Love the work you do i watch all your channel i find it very educational entertaining. I have to say this episode was brilliant. The way you went about it and the intro i have to say was very well done.

[@Bb13190]

France and the UK still have power projection capabilities. They both have base around the world and aircraft carrier. And France's intervention in Mali was a success in term of power projection (in terms of result, it is an other story).

[@TheAKIvan]

Last time I was this early my girlfriend left me

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

😂😂😂

[@Oly876]

I'm on the contrary, the shortest I've lasted was 01:10

[@mythicMusical]

The clown of the court cannot help but to laugh and cry at his acts.

[@mattk7865]

The last time you were this early Germany was already in Poland.

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

@@mattk7865 Buddy 😂😂😂

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was a clear explanation and realistically narration about power projection . Thanks for sharing

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Power projection means future survivability..

[@memelordlol382]

For anyone who wants a deeper understand of how power projection works/influence, read The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J Mearsheimer

[@dr.python]

As much as power projection is imprtant, not being affected by power projection is also important, this comes with good natural geographical protection + lucrative liquidity (resources) + securing trade (with alternative or neutral partners) The countries that come in this club are - India (natural naval protection) - China (ample trading partners) - Russia (enough resources) - Canada (geographical isolation) - Saudi Arabia (large support base & liquid assets)

[@Somnationalist]

Simon another fascinating topic, i would like to analyze for us how does combined armed maneuver works, indicating western doctrines Ops, i really appreciate your helpful and kind way for offering us such valuable knowledge, that i couldn't get from universities or military courses in my country, much appreciated professor simon.

[@BrouDog]

Simon’s content quality and upload consistency is so impressive 👌🏼

[@Nick-gj6je]

Honestly a brilliant strategy as well. Just keep spinning out new channels with new writers and cycle content across all of them, dominating the KZbin feed and generating consistent revenue. I see you, fact boi

[@Goofyderclown]

His bald head which makes me come makes watching him even better!​@Nick-gj6je

[@Binzdogger]

"you're a king..." Why would you lie to my face in the first 3 seconds! I already know I'm a mere peasant!! No need for gaslighting!!

[@jimp8400]

Thank you

[@internationalme2897]

Beautiful story telling.

[@addisonkokko6274]

FACT BOY DOES IT AGAIN

[@johannjohann6523]

Sometimes that Power of Projection" occurs just from eating too much chili, and drinking too much beer. Oops, and before ya know it, You're at war again with both England and France this time. "We'll teach you not to excuse yourself from the dinner table before projecting your Power! How dare you good sir! There are women present! " LOL

[@juscool2463]

Signing in only 4 hours late but I'm here never the less. Lets Go Si

[@HasbullasBurner]

Simon, those are some NICE glasses you got there!!!

[@ec329]

interesting assessment...

[@browningcq]

I’ll be honest. Main reason I watch this channel is for the rare occasion that Simon says words like “mustache” and “aluminum”.

[@87MasterJ]

I would love to hear some words of the Vikings and their way of power projection, but still a great video 👍

[@saint-miscreant]

having submarines on my mind thanks to Perun’s latest video… time to see if they get a mention! also overseas military bases, can’t talk about power projection without talking about overseas bases… _cough_ USA

[@chrishanneman1298]

Simon, thank you for saying famine, rather than "food insecurity."

[@itsoledan]

We need playlists dedicated to the art of war and the situation room please, sir. I’d love to just goto the playlist and hit shuffle and hear them all in a row. Channels awesome keep it up❤️

[@imomuganda]

0:00 Simon: You're a king Me: *blush Stop it.

[@marksolarz3756]

It's called a......Rapid Response Force. Usually an Amphibious force.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The method 9:15 - Chapter 2 - The history 20:15 - Chapter 3 - The present day

[@alvarovega2477]

Why fighting for the first place when we can project the first place?

[@NewHandle_]

Ahhh, nice

[@danielpotgieter3114]

Can we maybe get a video of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the repercussions thereof? This will also explain the rivalry of the two nations and their respective power projection against one another.

[@jshnewman]

And I thought power projection was the kind of thing movie theaters did

[@rogerpenske2411]

D’oh

[@cybersean3000]

The U S has warehouses full of equipment close to known hot-spots around the world, The U S also has warehouse ships, full of equipment ready to go, to show up where there are no warehouses close by.

[@mohamedabduweli5091]

This dude owns 100 channels at this point 😂. Impressive

[@jcollins8639]

Best one so far, and I have been watching for a while. MS US history San Francisco State btw

[@kam164]

Can you do a combind arms episode?

[@EddyWoon]

I had a discussion with a friend a few decades ago about the sizes between the Roman and Mongolian empires. My friend asserted that Alexander's empire was larger while I stated that the Mongolian empire is bigger. Maybe I should send him a link to this video.

[@itarry4]

Honestly thought it was common knowledge that the Mongol empire was the 2nd biggest ever to Britain and it was the largest single territory with no sea in between territories.

[@victorgalloway9770]

Simon is KZbin Omnipresent.

[@EdrickBluebeard]

WhistlerTube.

[@dr.jackbright9297]

I dont know if you'll see this or if you take requests, but do you think you could cover the war of the roses or the French wars of religion

[@user-hj6sb4og1h]

You see the world is a dangerous place, the only way for anyone to be safe is to make everyone dangerous -Lucky Harith.

[@rendstung1665]

It's honestly not a terrible ascension perk in a pinch. Pretty useful if you find yourself on the edge of serious war, but haven't had time to up your naval cap.

[@ScarTalon]

Roman history mentioned 🗣‼️

[@swordman1123]

Love from Canada 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

[@mboshu5551]

I cant wait till you talk about what happened recently in Iran about their President

[@foxglow6798]

I think it’ll be a relatively short video. Most sources do agree that it more than likely was an accident.

[@theoneyoudontsee8315]

"chaos" is the answer. the growing concern of damages and chaos is the direction all of humanity is going. when everyone gets the ability to shoot someone in the eye we have a world that figuring out who's to blame is hard to see and harder to get right!

[@ponz-]

That’s it…I’m starting a go fund me to get you a new mic 😂. Those sharpe S’s just broke my windows

[@MiscMitz]

We had ships whose only job was make ice-cream...

[@fathertimegaming17]

I would also possibly differ on an occupation being considered soft power. An occupation results from hard power and I believe is just an after effect of hard power and wouldn't be considered soft power at all.

[@andrewrogers2313]

What is the brand of glasses are you wearing? 👍👍👍

[@GekidoShitaRonin]

Using the pen really sucks for warfare. End up having to step away from time to time to hit the punching bag.

[@DMSrunit]

You need a good amount of influence and power to really power project globally. Only a few can and maybe some collectives

[@Lumi_xoxo2]

Why fighting for the first place when we can project the first place

[@kingjellybean9795]

What?

[@Andyman89.]

@@kingjellybean9795yes, what? Does this sentence have any meaning?

[@syntheticsandwich190]

Bot

[@anotherbacklog]

Speaking of power projection, Simon should do one on military logistics. The US cannot project power without its logistics system. One grunt with a gun takes 30 guys working behind the scene.

[@lonurad1259]

yeah deterrence is cool and all apart from the fact it hasn't been working.

[@gstaron7481]

Suitable soundtrack: The rains of Castamere

[@blakel5824]

"Tales of your misdeeds are told from Ireland to Cathay."

[@WasabiSniffer]

This is what I love about paratroopers. Anywhere in the world, 18 hours or less

[@theawesomeman9821]

I'm waiting for "The Art of War" series to cover: Naval warfare Asymmetric warfare Blitzrieg Biological warfare Modern siege tactics

[@alexalexalex92]

Pretty sure they did a few of these

[@adamredwine774]

For those of you wondering why the US is so generous to Israel, think about how much money it takes to build and run an aircraft carrier that then must move to where you want it. They are amazing machines but having an ally as close as Israel is in one of the most volatile and economically pivotal locations on Earth is worth just an awful lot. The US has quite a lot of assets parked in Israel that are ready to go when someone in the region acts up.

[@brandongreen6846]

This guy gets it!

[@bluehorseshoe23]

The corporate version of power projection is subscription fees. Adobe charges my card $9.99/mo for probably 5 years now and I have no idea why. Even lost my chargebacks when I attempted to stop it a few years back.

[@sagebiddi]

Ah..11:25..even the great magnificent Mr Whistlers resolve sometimes falls victim to his own immaturity

[@annbjorn]

Oh I remember Mrs Thatcher. Go an get them boys!

[@sichere]

1982 Proved that within one month the UK could project and sustain a military force of 30,000 troops 8,000 miles away.

[@finessegoddd]

@@sichereFor a limited time only and they have since lost that capability…

[@sichere]

@@finessegoddd No need now

[@shragamildiner8472]

Do cyber!

[@foxglow6798]

‘Murica speciality

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Find out together? A nuclear statement if there ever was 1! Many thanx Simon 👍👍

[@petermullen3102]

Power projection is not a strategy, it is a capability. How you apply power projection is a strategy.

[@kevinrandolph9109]

The 3 largest airforce capabilities in the worls are all inside one country. And the 2 largest navys

[@shoesarecomfy]

Only 4.3k views in 25 minutes... ...this channel's dropping off

[@johnwinter7597]

I love how everyone says we have 11 aircraft carriers

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like Fire and be still as the Mountain." -- Sun Tzu

[@HistoryofWesternCivilisation]

Early gang! The element of suprise doesn’t work on us.

[@Isurusish]

I am also here

[@kli2887]

I love this fuking channel.

[@jb7291]

this is just a video where he was dared to say soft power and hard power a million times

[@Asianevermore]

It’s really crazy to think. US war economy alone is larger than most nation capabilities

[@acb9896]

"yEr uH kInGg" ... ..uh..thanks...?