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Strategy

The Next Round of the Military Competition: Considering Non-Nuclear Strategic Technologies

Posted on October 4, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
10/04/2015
What is the role of non-nuclear strategic weapons in shaping a response to Russian and Chinese military modernization?
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Denmark Holds Arctic Emergency Exercise

Posted on September 25, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/25/2015
For the first time, the Danes are doing an Arctic exercise on both Greenland coasts.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Transformation of Jointness: The Navy and Marines Rework Operations from the Sea

Posted on September 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/24/2015
The Army has so hijacked the concept of jointness that the broader transformation of jointness being shaped by the evolution of the amphibious forces has been missed.
Posted in Con Ops, Strategy, What's New

The RAAF’s Air Combat Group: Middle East Operations and the Way Ahead

Posted on September 23, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/23/2015
The head of the Air Combat Group discusses recent RAAF experience in the Middle East as well as the way ahead for the fighter force.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

First Australian-Indian Bilateral Naval Exercise

Posted on September 23, 2015 | by Caroline Teames
09/23/2015
The Australians and Indians have held their first joint naval exercise.
Posted in Strategy, What's New | Tagged AP-3C, Arunta, AUSINDEX15, Australia, Australian-Indian Bilateral Naval Exercise, inaugural bilateral maritime exercise, india, Prashanth Parameswaran, Ranvijayi, Royal Australian Air Force, Shakti, Sheean, Shivalik, Sirius, Visakhapatnam

Shaping a Kurdish Opportunity: Broadening the Aperture of Close Air Support Against Isis Forces

Posted on September 22, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/22/2015
Working with the Kurds to establish an airbase for CAS now and transitioning to a Super Tucano force for the future provides strategic options.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

An Update on the Evolving Situation in Iraq: An Interview with Joseph Kassab

Posted on September 18, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/18/2015
The problem for the US and its allies is simply that the Peshmerga know how to fight; the Iraqi government does not.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

The Challenge for Independent Defense Journalism

Posted on September 18, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
09/18/2015
Declining support for the non-partisan, unbiased influence of defence and security publications is troubling..
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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