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Author: Robbin Laird
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Air Power and the Challenge of Shaping an Effective Ready Force Which Can Deliver Deterrence by Denial

05/29/2025
By Robbin Laird

The first of two panels held at the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar on May 22,…

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The Way Ahead for Australian Defence Industry

05/28/2025
By Robert Nioa

On February 19, 2025, the defence industrialist Robert Nioa delivered an insightful look at the way…

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Enhancing the Ready Force: Providing the Optimal Mix to Deliver the Desired Combat Effect

05/28/2025
By Robbin Laird

Sustaining and equipping the ready force in dynamically changing operational conditions is a major challenge facing…

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Budgeting for an Enhanced Ready Force

05/27/2025
By Robbin Laird

If the strategic environment is driving an enhanced need to bulk up the capabilities of the…

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The 22 May 2025 Sir Richard Williams Foundation Seminar

05/26/2025
By Robbin Laird

On May 22, 2025, the first seminar of 2025 for the Sir Richard Williams Foundation was…

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Enhancing Non-Kinetic Capabilities in the Ready Force

05/26/2025
By Robbin Laird

At the 22 May 2025 Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar, GPCAPT Maria Jovanovich, Chief of Staff…

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The Policy-Making Crisis: Can We Shape Realistic Strategies?

05/26/2025
By AD REFLEETANT

On May 23, 2025, Holman Jenskins published an article in The Wall Street Journal, entitlted :…

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Putting the Nature of the Military Capability Threat from the Multi-Polar Authoritarian World in Perspective

05/25/2025
By Robbin Laird

In assessing how the question of how to balance long-term force development versus the need to…

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Kenneth Maxwell and The Rebuilding of Three Major European Cities

05/25/2025
By Adelto Gonçalves

Examining the reconstruction efforts of three major European cities was the daunting task undertaken by English…

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The United States and Indo-Pacific Defense Operations: Adding Prompt Strike to the “Fight Tonight Force”

05/25/2025
By Robbin Laird

When we published our 2013 book on Indo-Pacific defense, entitled Rebuilding American Military Power in the…

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Defense Decisions
11/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

From the Show Floor to the Fleet: Naval Drones at Euronaval 2026 and Beyond

Army Recognition’s video report from Euronaval 2026 offered a useful snapshot of where unmanned maritime systems now sit in the market. It featured Israel’s Elbit Systems, Croatia’s Shadow Nautics, the…

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11/08/2026
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The Week in Briefs: Hybrid Fleets, Shrinking Ranks and Disappearing Paper Trails

This week’s In Briefs on Second Line of Defense covered thirteen items across Europe, the Indo-Pacific and Russia’s war economy. Euronaval 2026 dominated the news cycle, and we followed it…

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Video of the Week
11/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Data Precedes Artificial Intelligence

There is a simple proposition at the heart of the debate over artificial intelligence in military sustainment, and it is easy to lose sight of amid the excitement about new…

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Interview of the Week
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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Book Reviews

Forecasting the Drone Future: Keirin Joyce’s Doctoral Thesis on Technology Readiness

Review by Robbin Laird, Research Fellow, Sir Richard Williams Foudation

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

Review by Robbin Laird

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

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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
10/17/2026

The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

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10/15/2026

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

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04/17/2026

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

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Partner's Corner
11/08/2026
By Robbin Laird

Sustainment as Strategy: What Comes After the Platform Is Bought

For a generation, allied defense debates have been conducted at the moment of purchase. How many aircraft, which frigate, what sensor, which partner shares the workshare. The platform is the…

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Special Report: The Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific

By Robbin Laird

For three decades, “generation” has been a word we attach to aircraft: fourth, fifth, now sixth. The label implies that the next step forward is a better machine. The Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s 1 October seminar in Canberra, The Requirement for Air Combat Mass

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