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Author: Robbin Laird
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Building Mass with Industry: Industrial Capacity Is Combat Power

10/16/2026
By Robbin Laird

The session on building mass with industry opened with a disclaimer. Air Vice Marshal Robert Denney,…

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Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

10/15/2026
By Ed Timperlake

The Magic Eight Ball is a toy designed to answer yes-or-no questions with fortune-teller-style replies. It…

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Building Depth: How Indo-Pacific Allies Are Hardening for a Long Contest

10/15/2026
By Robbin Laird

The headlines in the Indo-Pacific tend to focus on the visible: carrier movements, missile tests, coast…

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Combat Depth, Not Just Mass: Collaborative Combat Aircraft and the Australian Industrial Base

10/14/2026
By Robbin Laird

The most useful argument at the Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s seminar on air combat mass and…

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An Intel Alert So There Is No 21st Century Pearl Harbor

10/13/2026
By Ed Timperlake

Countless books about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor show that hard intelligence was there in…

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Taiwan’s Coast Guard Puts Its Unmanned Mesh on Parade

10/12/2026
By Robbin Laird

National Day parades are usually about display. This year, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration used the October…

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Mass Without Depth Is Temporary

10/12/2026
By Robbin Laird

On 1 October, at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation…

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NATO 3.0 and the Long Road to a European Pillar

10/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

On September 16, 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered the Ditchley Foundation’s 62nd Annual Lecture…

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Beyond Arms Sales: Building the Taiwan Mesh Fleet Where the Fight Will Be

10/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Major Joseph Potter’s new essay for the Center for International Maritime Security, “Arming Taiwan: America First…

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Iran After Seven Months of War: A Balance Sheet

10/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Asking whether Iran has been “defeated” leads nowhere. If defeat means removing the regime, the answer…

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08/14/2026

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Defense Decisions
10/13/2026
By Ed Timperlake

An Intel Alert So There Is No 21st Century Pearl Harbor

Countless books about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor show that hard intelligence was there in bits and pieces but was not acted on correctly. On that day of infamy,…

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10/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Iran After Seven Months of War: A Balance Sheet

Asking whether Iran has been “defeated” leads nowhere. If defeat means removing the regime, the answer is plainly no. The Islamic Republic is still standing. Its supreme leader, however, was…

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08/14/2026
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O Brasil, a Austrália e a China no Mundo em Evolução: Video

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09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

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A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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Perspectives on the BRICS Meeting: July 2025

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05/03/2026
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Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

Microsoft’s A$25 billion investment in Australian AI and cloud infrastructure positions the country as a significant node in the Indo-Pacific’s trusted digital architecture. That creates a strategic opportunity – one…

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Combat Depth, Not Just Mass: Collaborative Combat Aircraft and the Australian Industrial Base

By Robbin Laird

The most useful argument at the Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s seminar on air combat mass and depth in Canberra on 1 October was not about aircraft. It was about what kind of enterprise Australia needs behind its aircraft if collaborative combat platforms are to

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