Shaping Australia’s Sovereign Missile Capability
In 1503, Niccolo Machiavelli warned, ‘One cannot always rely on someone else’s sword. One must be…
Read More »The French Strategic Review Update 2021: A Call for Cohesion Among Allies
In the United States, and especially whenever a new administration comes to power, the process of…
Read More »The Evolving Aircraft Carrier Picture in the Indo-Pacific Region
The continuing military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region includes, among other things, aircraft carriers. Several countries…
Read More »The Littoral Combat Ship: A Good Reminder that Small is Not Always Beautiful
The Littoral Combat Ship always seemed a concept beyond operational reach. The best option from the…
Read More »Kill Webs, Engagement Density and Escalation Management
Recently, we interviewed a USAF retired Colonel who was both a combat veteran and test pilot,…
Read More »Enhancing South Korean Crisis Management Capabilities: A Key Deterrent Capability
In my last piece I argued that “the crisis management aspect of South Korean defense has…
Read More »F-35B Expeditionary Basing and the Pacific
The United States and its core allies are in the process of shaping a distributed but…
Read More »The Ingenuity Helicopter and Its Impact
NASA is preparing to test fly its “Ingenuity” helicopter deployed on Mars in mid- April 2021…
Read More »The Case for Australian Guided-Weapons Production
Last year’s war between Azerbaijan and Armenia was short, sharp and decisive. By effectively employing precision…
Read More »Shaping the Eco-System for Logistics Innovation: The Impact of Automation and Autonomous Systems
At the recent Williams Foundation Conference on Next Generation Autonomous Systems, Col. Beaumont, Director of the…
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