Will you please remember that alternate history is about “thinking outside the box.”
Only a few dozen, First Workd nations can afford multiple layers of satellite lasers, ICBMs, cruise missiles, B-52s, stealth bombers, drones, precision guided bombs, artillery and mortars, etc. These days the majority of fighting is done in Third World nations with poor supply lines.
Consider what an oil shortage would do to First World supply lines. Also consider what happens when they run out of anti-tank missiles and it will take 18 months to re-open the production line.
Only a few dozen, First Workd nations can afford multiple layers of satellite lasers, ICBMs, cruise missiles, B-52s, stealth bombers, drones, precision guided bombs, artillery and mortars, etc. These days the majority of fighting is done in Third World nations with poor supply lines.
Consider what an oil shortage would do to First World supply lines. Also consider what happens when they run out of anti-tank missiles and it will take 18 months to re-open the production line.