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This is the third blog in a series on the French Army, benchmarking the armée de Terre , its culture and in this post, its structure. This series will offer an outsider’s perspective on its organisational culture. In doing so, it will review the observations relevant to the increasingly important Army-to-armée partnership. The author currently serves as Army’s Liaison Officer to the armée de Terre in France. Humans embrace structure – of all kinds. It codifies chaos. With neatness and simplicity, structure …
Globally, concern over authoritarian regimes using information technology to control their populations is on the rise. Less well publicised is how the distorting power of the new media is proving comparably potent beyond such countries. Disinformation and misinformation campaigns are powerful tools for creating behavioural change in democracies, offering unprecedented influence opportunities to those who understand their power. While these campaigns occur in the virtual world, they can have profound impact …
Defence Innovation US Air Force’s Hypersonic Weapon hits ‘Major Milestone’ ‘with its final captive-carry test of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW.’ A short explanatory note on some of the pros and cons of hypersonic weapons is offered by The National Interest . Defence Strategic Update ASPI provides a thoughtful review to the DSU (analysed here on the LPF ) in ‘ The Cost of Defence 2020-21 ’ Part 1: ASPI 2020 Defence Strategic Update brief. ASPI discusses the keys …
Introduction Land 8113: Long Range Fires is a momentous acquisition program for the Australian Army. I believe it will revolutionise the Army’s way of war, as well as the land force’s place in the strategic defence of the nation; its effect on defence capability will be transformative. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I suggest it is not too far to say that the significance of precision Long Range Fires on the character of war will likely rank with the introduction of the airplane and the tank. This …
Introduction As describe in Part 1 of this paper , Land 8113: Long Range Fires, is a critical acquisition program that promises to revolutionise the Australian Army’s way of war as well as the land force’s place in the strategic defence of the nation. Part 1 addressed the redefinition of Army’s strategic role in the defence of the nation. This section will consider the effect Land 8113 will have on the culture and organisation of the land force. So profound is the promise of Long Range Fires that the …
Dr Charles Edel will cover various aspects of the evolving security environment, including how the coronavirus is changing the contours of US-China competition. Please note, due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance will be extremely limited and you will be required to register . The event organisers will make every effort to accomodate your attendance, but there may be the need for last minute changes and we apologise in advance. Restrictions are subject to change in accordance with Government directions. …
In response to the growing geopolitical competition within our near-region, Australia must become more assertive when projecting its strategic interest. This may require an ADF that is capable of suppressing a more aggressive range of threats, and independently capable of creating the environmental conditions for political stability to return. This is a strategic reality not only recognised by the 2020 Defence Update, [i] but also forecasted in the 2019 Future’s Statement by the Chief of Army. An era of ‘ …
Deterrence From Foreign Policy , a reflective piece upon the employment of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the resultant Cold War arms race. This theme was picked up by the AIIA arguing for the endurance of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. In a thought-provoking piece from the Modern War Institute , the idea is posed of swarming drone technology as a weapon of mass destruction (thereby intimating an ability to deter using such capability). The threat posed by swarming drones is an idea …
On 4 June 2020, Dr Nitin Gupta—Defence Economist at the Australian Army Research Centre and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School, Australian National University—presented this seminar, foreshadowing many of the announcements and conversations that would come out of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan within the national security and defence communities. Please note that this presentation was given on 4 June 2020, in the earlier stages of the COVID-19 …
