Reviewer BRIG Chris Roberts (Retd.) commends Professor Brian Bond’s book as insightful and thought provoking. This collection of essays is presented in four parts covering the Great War, inter-war years, the Second World War and the post 1945 period with a focus on the British experience.

Oscar Fowler considers the operational potential of current ADF research into solid state detection devices able to mimic the olfactory capabilities of explosive detection dogs.

The Director of the Australian Army Research Centre (AARC) reflects on the enduring importance of Army adaptation and invites contributions to the AARC's several publications.

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Learn more about Army's ongoing research, exploration and evaluation of robotic and autonomous systems in these videos from the Army's Robotic and Autonomous Systems Implementation and Coordination Office (RICO).

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This essay collection charts a trajectory for reinvigorating Australian Army’s expertise in Irregular Warfare. It provides a breadth of perspectives based on several case studies drawn from the authors' personal experiences and thoeretical analysis.

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Building on his previous LPF Post, Mark Mankowski evaluates Albert Palazzo's controversional call for a new military philosophy for Australia: 'Planning Not to Lose'. In this article, Mankowski draws conclusions from his previous analysis, and suggests implications for future ADF strategy, doctrine and force structure.

This edition of the Australian Army Journal explores force structure, command and control, with particular focus on the relevance of disruptive technology. The Australian Army Journal is an integral element of the Australian Army Research Centre’s contribution to discourse on the profession of arms and preparation of ADF personnel for future operational challenges.

'The AARC's most recent publication, 'Urban Warfare – An Annotated Bibliography’, provides access to a wealth of resources about urban warfare to military practitioners. It collates over 500 papers, articles and reports on the topic of urban warfare. Each resource is directly or indirectly, accessible online.

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Mark Mankowski reflects on the security implications to Australia of Albert Palazzo's controversional call for a new military philosophy for Australia: 'Planning Not to Lose'. In this article, Mankowski evaluates Palazzo's proposal against ADF doctrine and a test scenario.

The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 7/21

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In this LPF post, Anant Mishra considers how the use by Israel of artificial intelligence to anticipate targets and identify possible rocket batter locations has given us a glimpse of how emerging technologies could dominate conventional battles in the 21st Century.

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Dr Al Palazzo rediscovers his copy of Citino's 'Death of the Wehrmacht' and finds it to be an impressive volume with considerable utility to the modern military professional.

Will the military modernisation measures that Army takes today prepare our ADF men and women for the leadership and ethical challenges of tomorrow?

In AARC Occasional Paper 10, we stand in the shoes of soldier Smith facing the prospect of their first combat operation in 2024.