of FM 100–5 replaced Active Defense with an offense-oriented operational doctrine known as AirLand Battle, which formed the basis of the American plan for Operation Desert Storm in 1991. See also Corrective Movement (Syria) List of modern conflicts in the Middle East Leninsky Komsomol-class cargo ships – Seven Soviet Union Leninsky Komsomol-class of cargo ships carried out military cargo in Syria and Egypt in October and November 1973: visited Alexandria twice and Latakia once arrived in Latakia on October 20, 1973 SDK 137 – One Soviet Union Polnocny-class landing ship (built in Gdansk) that participated in open hostilities against Israelites and downed at least one Israeli F-4 Phantom Operation Spark (1973) Armed Forces Day (Egypt) Closure of the Suez Canal (1967–1975) Explanatory footnotes References Notes Bibliography Boyne, Walter J. "Nickel Grass." Air Force Magazine 81 (Dec 1998): pp. 55–59. online Boyne, Walter J. The Two O'Clock War: The 1973 Yom Kippur Conflict and the Airlift that Saved Israel (2002), Bronson, R. Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia (2006). , , , , , , , , Menshawy, Mustafa. "Turning 'defeat' into 'victory': the power of discourse on the 1973 war in Egypt." Middle Eastern Studies 52.6 (2016): 897–916. Historiography. Rodman, David. Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War: Diplomacy, Battle and Lessons (Sussex Academic Press, 2016). External links CIA Symposium on the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, held on January 30, 2013 President Nixon and the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, collection of primary documents at the CIA website Hourly U.S. diplomatic reporting on the war WikiLeaks A second look, 40 years after the war and The downfall of the Hermon fortification. Israeli TV documentaries broadcast in October 2013, featuring original video footage filmed during the war, interviews with combatants during the war and decades later, etc. Posted on the official YouTube channel of the Israel Broadcasting Authority Israeli Air Force Wing 115 – experiences during the war, and insights 40 years later. Documentary film released in October 2013, featuring interviews with air force pilots. Posted on the official YouTube channel of the Fisher Institute for the Strategic Study of Air and Space 1973 in Egypt Conflicts in 1973 Cold War conflicts Articles containing video clips 1973 in Israel 1973 in Syria October 1973 events in Asia Invasions of Israel