Norway, the Taliban, and the Afghan Situation
In a press releases issued by the Norwegian government on January 21, 2022, the projected talks…
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The strategic importance of mobile basing goes up with the importance of complicating your adversaries’ targeting…
Read More »Mobile Basing as a Strategic Capability: Continuing the Conversation
Recently, I started a series looking at the emergence of mobile basing as a strategic capability…
Read More »Can Nations and Navies Create a New Paradigm for Ocean Observation?
For two weeks in November 2021, the Glasgow climate change summit dominated national and international headlines.…
Read More »The ADF and the Australian Space Enterprise
At the December 1, 2021, Williams Foundation seminar on shaping a way ahead for the Australian…
Read More »Australia’s Space Strategy: 2021
In November 2021. the Australian government released its roadmap to develop the Australian space industry. According…
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According to a UK MoD press release on December 8, 2021, the UK-French Maritime Mine Counter Measures Program has delivered a new capability for the force. A cutting-edge autonomous system able to detect modern sea mine threats and reduce risk to life has been delivered to the Royal Navy. The remotely-operated boat, controlled from either a ship or land, tows a highly-sensitive detection device to combat sea mines and keep ships and personnel away from danger. Made possible under the joint Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme between the UK and France, the system, produced by Thales UK, has commenced rigorous capability development trials with the Royal Navy. The technology will sit alongside other MMCM systems provided through an additional £184 million investment, agreed last year, and supporting around 215...