Chile's Military: The Art of Strategic Sufficiency

A discussion of the Chilean military.

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00:00 Introduction
02:18 Part 1 Chile's strategic priorities and military policy
06:25 The War of the Pacific
09:19 The Beagle Conflict
11:42 Falklands War
13:37 Part 2 Overview of the Chilean military
14:08 Chile's defense budget
14:42 The Copper Law
16:25 The Army
17:58 Force structure
20:55 The Air Force
21:51 F-16s!
23:44 How much air power is enough?
26:18 Chile's Navy
26:27 Chilean naval doctrine and Julian Corbett
32:46 Enough naval power?
35:20 Part 3 Concluding thoughts