The Coming of Unmanned Vessels to Maritime Warfare: Or are They Weapons?
The work of Robert Sparrow, an Australian analyst, has raised key questions about the implications of…
Read More »The Other 2014 Dynamic: The Migration Crises and Their Impact on the European Union
2014 is a very significant year in the reshaping of Europe and laying the foundations for…
Read More »Looking Back at Operation El Dorado Canyon: Sovereign Strike and Crisis Management
For Colonel Muammar Gadaffi and the Libyan military, a ten-minute window in the early hours of April 15 1986 would have been complete chaos.…
Read More »Data Links for an Integrated Distributed Force
Whilst there has been a number of public calls of late to reconsider the contents of…
Read More »Enhancing MDA in Southeast Asia: A Priority for Southeast Asian Governments
Promoting maritime domain awareness has become an increasingly high priority area for many Southeast Asian governments.…
Read More »Canada’s Afghan Engagement: A Wasted Exercise?
Was Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan, over roughly 13 years, a wasted exercise? Defence…
Read More »Next Generation Autonomous Systems
Background Since 2013 the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminars have focused on building an integrated fifth…
Read More »Vietnam’s New Defense Whitepaper
Vietnam has just released its new defence white paper, 10 years after the last one was issued…
Read More »Powering a New Generation of Logistics Support: Electric Battlefields
When walking the floor at DSEI 2019 this year, I was struck by the volume of…
Read More »The Requirements of 5th Generation Manoeuvre: Implications for Force Design
Over the past 20 years the ADF has participated in numerous combat operations, gained insights, and…
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