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The U.S. Navy and the Osprey: Still Bullish on the CMV-22B

02/21/2024
By Robbin Laird

In a recent article by Ryan Finnerty published on February 20, 2024, published by Flight Global,…

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A First Look at the Australian Government’s Fleet Review

02/20/2024
By Malcolm Davis

The Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant review has laid out plans for the Royal Australian Navy to grow larger,…

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What is the Budget for Australian SSNs?

02/19/2024
By Marcus Hallyer

What do we know about the budget for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) program? Much commentary has…

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Who will lead the way to diplomatic recognition of the Taliban?

02/18/2024
By James Durso

In January 2024, Chinese president Xi Jinping accepted the credentials of the ambassador of the Islamic…

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The C.R. Boxer Affair: Heroes, Traitors, and the Manchester Guardian

02/15/2024
By Kenneth Maxwell

Heroes come cheap these days. The word is used so promiscuously for well-paid sports stars and…

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The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Con-Ops Perspective (Part Four)

02/14/2024
By Robbin Laird

The focus on distributed operations – Maritime DO, the USMC EABOs, and the Air Force agile…

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A Vision of Contemporary Brazil

02/14/2024
By Adelto Gonçalves

The book Kenneth Maxwell on Global Trends – an historian of the 18th century looks at…

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Trap and Blank Check: A Cautionary Note About Bush and Afghanistan Published in 2001

02/13/2024
By Kenneth Maxwell

On. 6 October 2001, Kenneth Maxwell published a piece on Afghanistan on a Brazilian website, which…

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MAWTS-1 and Innovation

02/09/2024
By Ed Timperlake

We are publishing our book on MAWTS-1 later this year. This is my introduction to the…

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Recovery of MH-60S Seahawk: The CH-53K Does the Heavy Lifting

02/09/2024
By 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 and 2nd Distribution Support Battalion (DSB), U.S.…

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07/01/2026
By George Galdorisi

The Navy-After-Next: Four Fleet Designs, One Missing CONOPS

Military leaders often use military-industry conferences to unveil new strategies. Coming on the heels of a new National Security Strategy (NSS) issued in December 2025 and a National Defense Strategy (NDS) issued in January…

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07/01/2026
By Robbin Laird

Tracking the MISR Effort: From Pilot Program to Kill Web Enabler

The coverage of Maritime ISR (MISR) Weapons and Tactics Instructors across Second Line of Defense and Defense.info spans five years and represents one of the most sustained independent analytical efforts…

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07/19/2026
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The Marines Impact Force and Chaos Management

Building the Impact Force  contends that the United States Marine Corps is in the midst of a decisive shift from a traditional, crisis‑response organization toward an “impact force” designed to…

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07/05/2026
By Robbin Laird

From Kill Chain to Kill Web: The MISR WTI and the Navy’s Quiet Revolution

When the history of the Navy’s transition from kill chain to kill web is written, the creation of the Maritime ISR Weapons and Tactics Instructor — the MISR WTI —…

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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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Australia’s Strategic Advantages and How to Exploit Them: Rounding Up the Williams Foundation Seminar Insights

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The “Fight Tonight: Exploiting Australia’s Strategic Advantage” seminar produced a remarkably coherent and candid body of analysis across all its presentations. Rather than a checklist of capabilities, what emerged was a serious examination of genuine advantages — geographic, human, technical, alliance-based, and industrial —

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