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Australian Army Occasional Paper No. 10 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. This Land Power Forum article is an abstract from that Paper. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) ethos is derived from that of our broader society. And in turn, Australians define something …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 7/21 . Global Networks 2030: Developing Economies and Emerging Technologies Centre for Strategic and International Studies – Mar 2021 Strategic competition in global communications is intensifying. the Centre for Strategic and International Studies has produced this report to help policymakers chart a strategic course regarding developing economies and emerging communications technologies. Hillman and Rivas core contention is that the United …
“The problem with being too busy to read is that you learn by experience (or by your men’s experience), i.e. the hard way. By reading, you learn through others’ experiences, generally a better way to do business, especially in our line of work where the consequences of incompetence are so final for young men.” (MAJGEN J Mattis, DIA Reading List 2018) In the conduct of urban warfare, the basic principles have changed little, and slowly, over the last century. Yet there remains no great classical works to …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 7/21 . Land Operations and Competing Perspectives on Warfare Comparative Strategy — Jul 21 Niklas Nilsson’s article explores how different conceptualisations of the character of warfare have given rise to conflicting ideas about the contemporary role and mission of land forces. Some perspectives validate the continued relevance of conventional land operations, whilst others imply that they are not as useful as in the past. Nilsson presents the …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 7/21 . Missile Developments in South Asia: A Perspective from Pakistan The International Institute of Strategic Studies — May 21 Missile Developments in South Asia: A Perspective from India The International Institute of Strategic Studies — June 21 This pair of papers present the ongoing missile development in South-West Asia from alternative viewpoints. The expansion of India and Pakistan’s missile systems reflect ongoing tension and possible …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 7/21 . The Missile Defense ‘Arms Race’ Myth Strategic Studies Quarterly — Spring 21 There has been a drastic increase in ballistic missile arsenals within the Indo-Pacific Region in the last decade. A natural response to this threat would be for Australia to invest heavily in missile defence systems. Some have argued that this will only lead to an arms race: spending money, time, and energy on missile defence will simply prompt …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 6/21 . Accountability and Control of Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Framework for Comprehensive Human Oversight Minds and Machines – Aug 2020 The emergence of Autonomous Weapon Systems has led to increased academic and societal interest in the concepts of accountability and responsibility. Considerable focus has been on accountability gap that will facilitate a lack of criminal liability and moral responsibility. The authors of this paper attempt …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 6/21 . Global Networks 2030: Developing Economies and Emerging Technologies Centre for Strategic and International Studies – Mar 2021 Strategic competition in global communications is intensifying. CSIS has produced this report to help policymakers chart a strategic course regarding developing economies and emerging communications technologies. Hillman and Rivas core contention is that the United States and its allies must look ahead and …
The content in this article is an extract of Spotlight Brief 6/21 . ResQBot 2.0: An improved Design of a Mobile Rescue Robot with an Inflatable Neck Securing Device for Safe Casualty Extraction Applied Sciences – Jun 2021 The authors of this study propose a novel design for a mobile rescue robot that can extract casualties from dangerous areas. They present ResQbot 2.0– a stretcher-type robot capable of safely performing extraction through loco-manipulation that is synchronised with a conveyer belt and a …
The German Campaigns of 1942 By Robert M Citino University Press of Kansas , Lawrence , 2007, 978-0-7006-1531-5, 431 pp. Reviewed by Dr Albert Palazzo Sometimes a book remains unread and overlooked for far too long. This was the case for my copy of Robert M Citino’s, Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 . I have read and enjoyed other works by Citino, so I was not surprised to discover that this book is also excellent. The Death of the Wehrmacht explains how an army that was so …
