The Sovereign Resilience Tour is Underway
Beaten Zone Venture Partners is launching the Sovereign Resilience Tour, led by Steve Baxter, a seasoned Defence investor and former Army soldier. This tour is designed to engage key regional
“As a nation, we are in an undeclared state of emergency”⬇️
We’re a bit late to this insightful report from Palantir Technologies‘ Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar. Palantir Technologies is one of the leading Mil Tech challengers of the status quo
Are we falling foul to regency bias when it comes to preparing for the next war? ⬇️
The Lowy Institute ran a recent event with The Economist’s defence editor, Shashank Joshi and covered issues including the Ukraine war, the Middle East, China’s nuclear ambitions, tensions between China
Trump 2.0 will ‘go live’ in a geopolitical context where war is raging
Australia spends ~2% of GDP on Defence. The USA spends 3.5%. That’s quite the favourable deal we’re getting via the US taxpayer ⬇️ The US people have spoken and last
Australia is incrementally increasing preparedness for the most dangerous geopolitical circumstances since WW2
Earlier this week we saw the release of the 2024 Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordinance (GWEO) plan – we’ve included the link below. There are two major new munitions
Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment
It is an open secret that the West doesn’t have the munitions for the mission of deterrence. While some work is underway to fix the problem, much more needs to
Are we building the right things?
Venture capital investment in Defence tech has soared—$100 billion between 2021 and 2023—but the question remains: are we building the right things? Despite innovation in the sector, many companies, including
Let’s Talk Missiles
We need to talk about missiles ⬇️ The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ran a series of war games based on a major conflict between China and the
Winning the economics of battle becomes just as important as winning the battle itself.
A future ready Army will need to utilise its arsenal judiciously – cost efficiency will be just as important as neutralising a selected target. Forbes published an intriguing op-ed late
The unipolar moment is over.
The danger is clear and present. The unipolar moment is over. So why aren’t we accelerating innovation and acquisition? ⬇️ “After more than two years of conflict in Ukraine, it