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The Land Power Forum blog is published by the Australian Army Research Centre in order to generate discussion and debate about the future of Army.

It is a forum for informed analysis, commentary, thoughts and ideas. Contributions are welcomed from stakeholders, subject matter experts and those interested in future land warfare.

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A Lightweight, Deployable Water Purifier
A Lightweight, Deployable Water Purifier
Logistics
Intelligent Systems in EOD
Intelligent Systems in EOD
Emerging Threats and Opportunities
Indirect Machine Gunnery for the Motorised Battalion
Indirect Machine Gunnery for the Motorised Battalion
Land combat
Getting an Army in Motion Moving
Getting an Army in Motion Moving
Strategy
Principally Right: Addressing the Challenge of Thinking
Principally Right: Addressing the Challenge of Thinking
Cognitive edge

“[I]f one is to understand ‘the great mystery’ one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace a larger view of the force.”

Crossing 2000 Kilometres of Death
Crossing 2000 Kilometres of Death
Strategy
Part 2: Winning without Fighting
Part 2: Winning without Fighting – Information Environment Operations and Accelerated Warfare
Cyber/space
Part 1: Winning without Fighting –Information Environment Operations and Accelerated Warfare
Part 1: Winning without Fighting –Information Environment Operations and Accelerated Warfare
Cyber/space
Soft Power Thoughts From The Marawi Crisis For An Evolving Threat Paradigm
Soft Power Thoughts From The Marawi Crisis For An Evolving Threat Paradigm
Cognitive edge

“Power is war, the continuation of war by other means… Should one then turn around the formula and say that politics is war pursued by other means? “

MICHEL FOUCAULT, 1976 ‘SOCIETY MUST BE DEFENDED’ [1]

Seize, defy and discredit: a potent asymmetric strategy
Seize, defy and discredit: a potent asymmetric strategy
Land combat
Principally Wrong: addressing the Principles of War
Principally Wrong: addressing the Principles of War
Strategy
Enhancing Army’s intellectual capacity through MakerSpaces
Enhancing Army’s intellectual capacity through MakerSpaces
Emerging Threats and OpportunitiesMakerSpace
Aussie Space Command: Making the Case for Space Part II
Aussie Space Command: Making the Case for Space Part II
Cyber/space

‘The history of failure in warfare can be summed up in two words: Too late.’ – General Douglas MacArthur

The Janowitz Citizen
The Janowitz Citizen
Cognitive edge
The Future of Hybrid and Electric Technology for Army
The Future of Hybrid and Electric Technology for Army
Emerging Threats and Opportunities
Armour’s New Antithesis: Dive Bombers, Mini-Tanks and Normandy Inversed
Armour’s New Antithesis: Dive Bombers, Mini-Tanks and Normandy Inversed
Emerging Threats and Opportunities
The Poised Force: Latency and Preparedness for Accelerated Warfare
The Poised Force: Latency and Preparedness for Accelerated Warfare
Strategy
Astrosubterfuge: Deception & Disguise in the Space Domain
Astrosubterfuge: Deception & Disguise in the Space Domain
Strategy
Ready Now and Future Ready: The Littoral Operating Environment
Ready Now and Future Ready: The Littoral Operating Environment
Amphibious/joint/interagency
The Huntington Imperatives
The Huntington Imperatives
Strategy
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