By Robbin Laird We focused in the September 26, 2024 Sir Richard Williams seminar on ways for the force in being to be augmented in the short to midterm. But for the effective defence of Australia as a nation, one needs to expand the notion from a force in being…
By Robbin Laird When you are a medium-sized force and not adding a lot of manned platforms in the next five years, how to you enhance combat mass? Or put another way how does the ADF as a ready force create mass effects with what they must fight with tonight…
By Robbin Laird If one is focused on how the force in being can be a more ready force, one will generally look in vain in the political class for a keen focus on this challenge. And this is true for all of the AUKUS partners. It is not difficult…
General Kevin Schneider, Commander of U.S. Pacific Air Forces and AVM Mark Flewin, Air Officer Commanding 1 Group Royal Air Force both spoke at the September 26, 2024 Sir Richard Williams Foundation Seminar. The first presentation was by a video recording and the second was an in person presentation after…
By Robbin Laird Currently, I am in Australia for the latest Williams Foundation Seminar. The key theme for the September 26, 2024 seminar is upon how to enhance the force in being's operational capabilities. And when you extend that to the broader question of how to do so for Australia…
By Robbin Laird Recently, LtGen Heckl retired from the USMC after 37 years of service. He has held several command positions and has a wealth of combat experience. In a series of interviews with him, we will be discussing both his experience and his judgement with regard to the way…
By Robbin Laird The F-35 has finally come to Cherry Point. VMFA-542 is the first of eight operational 2nd MAW F-35 squadrons, with six to be F-35B squadrons and two to be F-35C squadrons. As 2nd Lt. John Graham, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, wrote in an article published on February…
By Robbin Laird As the U.S. and allied militaries face the realities of the evolving threat based environment, shaping ways for enhanced force mobility, lower signature operating forces, and more rapid insertion capabilities are shaping the demand side of the military communications market. To operate at the tactical edge or…
