The West is slowly rebuilding the capacity to produce the consumables of combat at scale. But we need more manufacturing lines down under! ⬇️
Newsweek and numerous news outlets are reporting on Lockheed Martin’s expansion of manufacturing of Patriot PAC-3 MSE variant interceptor munitions, one of the most advanced air defence missiles. Magazine depth
We have a year until the ‘Davidson Window’ closes. Are we ‘Ready Now’? How about ‘Future Ready’? ⬇️
The ‘Davidson Window’ was a term coined after then USINDOPACOM Commander Admiral Davidson who testified to congress of China’s ambitions to be ready if required for large scale combat operations
The tyranny of distance is being overcome. Air and missile defence of the homeland will be key to hardening Australia’s national resilience. ⬇️
Just before Christmas the United States Department of War released its annual report to Congress on Chinese Military and Security developments. If you didn’t have it as part of your
The triangle shaped attack drone has become synonymous with the struggle to control the skies. But it is no longer only in the arsenal of autocrats ⬇️
Russia learned lessons the hard way in its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Terrible tactics, stretched supply lines, wonder weapons failing to live up to the hype. But as history shows,
There is a brutal combat calculus on display as long war once again underlines the importance of scale, simplicity and sustainability of effort. ⬇️
It is worth considering how the war in Ukraine has shifted as the Russian war machine has optimised and adapted to reduce and overturn the innovative edge Ukraine gained. We
A revolution in Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is here. What was once need to know is now available as a service ⬇️
This week news broke of a Chinese naval task group. Within days, a New Zealand start up – Starboard Maritime Intelligence was beaming commercial Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) product
How ready and resilient is our society for war – and indeed large scale disasters? We can’t afford to focus on the soldier and forget the citizen. ⬇️
World War II saw huge disruption and evolution of the Australian economy. Close to a million men (and ~70k women) enlisted during the war of a population of ~ seven
How ready for war is Australia? Not just our military – our industry, our governments & our society? ⬇️
We are going to kick off a series of posts focused on mobilisation and scaling. We can no longer afford to just focus on the military, but need to consider
Ukraine is showing the free world how to innovate and sustain the fight in a long war. Our ‘peacetime procurement’ approach needs to catch up… ⬇️
It isn’t just the level of innovation that Ukraine has achieved to sustain its fierce resistance against Russia’s invasion, it is the way it has leveraged start up culture to
The crucible of conflict is seeing drone warfare evolve with deadly efficiency. Russia’s Rubicon unit is one example of the fight for an innovation edge. ⬇️
After over three years of a large scale war in Ukraine both Russia and Ukraine have mobilised their economies to feed the consumables of combat to their war machines. Drones