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06/14/2025
We have a growing experience with drone warfare and its impacts. The best way to understand their impact is how they have already re-shaped combined arms operations. Notably when combined with payload revolution and fifth generation warfare operations, as seen in the recent Israeli operation in Iran, drones are becoming a key part of the evolution of combined arms. Analysis of the Ukraine-Russia war, Houthi drone campaigns, and Israeli precision operations provides insights with regard…
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MISR, MINOTAUR and Training for the Maritime Kill Web

07/31/2020When I visited San Diego earlier this year, in my discussion with VADM Miller, he highlighted the importance of the coming of MISR to the fleet. MISR officers… Read more »

The Next Phase of Australian Defense Strategy Development: A Discussion with Brendan Sargeant

07/24/2020By Robbin Laird Last month, the Australian government announced its new defense strategy and force development plan for the decade ahead. It represents both continuity and change from… Read more »

Shaping a Way Ahead for the Triton: Enabling the Integrated Distributed Force

07/22/2020By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to Jax Navy, I had a chance to talk with several members of the maritime reconnaissance patrol community about Triton. A… Read more »

Australian F-35 Training: Upgrading the Simulators with Australian Domain Knowledge

07/17/2020By Alisha Welch The software in the FMSims was upgraded to align with the latest Operational Flight Program. The four F-35A Full Mission Simulators (FMSims) currently operational at… Read more »

The Seahawk in the Extended Battlespace

07/12/2020By Robbin Laird During my visit to the maritime patrol reconnaissance community during the week of June 14, 2020, I had a chance to meet with the leadership… Read more »

The Standing Up of TOCRON-11: The Next Step in Building Out Kill Web Infrastructure

07/07/2020By Robbin Laird For some, the shift from using kill web instead of the kill chain is a variant of wordsmithing. But it is not. I have worked… Read more »

VUP-19 and the Coming of Triton to the Fleet

07/05/2020As I have argued earlier, the Triton is bringing a whole new layer to the kill web for fleet operations. Operating at high altitude, the Triton is delivering… Read more »

O.K I am a P-8 Operator: But How do I Train to Work in a Kill Web?

06/29/2020By Robbin Laird Kill webs rely on networks, wave forms, connectivity, distributed C2 and platforms which can leverage all of the former. Platforms are the time-space entities which… Read more »

Standing C2 on Its Head: It is a Force Generator, Not Simply a Force Enabler

06/17/2020By Robbin Laird As we work through force structure change to deal with the new strategic environment, terms like C2, ISR and training are being changed significantly. New… Read more »