Military excellence. Harnessing innovation to deliver a clear technological edge. Exquisite weapons and equipment. How did Germany lose?⬇️
Freedom’s Forge author Arthur Herman has a great short read in the latest First Breakfast substack that revisits some of the reasons Germany was unable to match the might of
Did you catch our founder Steve Baxter on the Karl Stefanovic Show? A big topic was Ukraine’s innovative military marketplace. ⬇️
Brave1 is Amazon for Army. Tactical Temu. Military Marketplace. A portal that connects innovation to frontline need with a user experience we all expect when we access an app on
We need to rethink the Western way of war. Missiles and other munitions need to be mass produced in short order in the next long and large war. ⬇️
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has a great short read focusing on the consumables of combat and how the United States has relied heavily on seven key missiles
The war in Ukraine has become the epicentre for an evolution in modern warfare. Heed the lessons or learn them the hard way in the next war! ⬇️
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has an insightful report on Russia’s rapid evolution of drone warfare and nascent military artificial intelligence capabilities. The report documents a May 2025 incident
Maritime mines offer low cost anti access and area denial. We need to be ready to use and disarm the small, the smart and the many at sea ⬇️
Mine warfare has been employed at scale in World Wars, Regional Wars and littoral conflicts for hundreds of years but our holiday from history has seen mine hunting deprioritised. Freedom
In the next war AI won’t be monopolised by those on the side of the free. Satellite imagery, precise mass and AI are disrupting our way of war. ⬇️
Much has been made of Palantir’s Maven Smart System and its integration of Anthropic and OpenAI models. Claude is reported to have assisted military planners in operations targeting Venezuela. OpenAI
To combat leakers and tilt the battlefield economics back in the defender’s favour is it time to send in the GOAT? ⬇️
The GOAT – no, we’re not referring to Jordan and certainly not LeBron. We’re talking about a Gun on a Truck. GOAT’s are making a big comeback in the world
Having a limited supply of exquisite munitions is longer enough. Missile maths and how quickly you can replace consumables of combat matters. ⬇️
Iran is the largest combatant that the United States has faced since World War II. A population of over 90 million, a land mass four times the size of Iraq
The strait of Hormuz is a sideshow. We need to be preparing for the main game. You can’t mobilise from a standing start – time to get ready! ⬇️
While all eyes are on the unfolding conflict in the Middle East, the Indo Pacific is the decisive theatre for Australia’s focus. Being ready and resilient is essential and we
Ahab has gone autonomous. There’s a new type of hunt underway on the high seas and it will reshape warfare and commerce as we know it. ⬇️
No doubt you’ve followed as Ukraine’s uncrewed surface vessels turned a nation without a navy into the tormentor of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. A third of the fleet destroyed or