Professional commentary in the public domain: advice from an occasional Naval dissident
I am a digital immigrant, despite having been taught basic computer programming at University in the 1970s and operating and managing combat data systems and...
Category : Automation and Technology
Recruiting the Network Generation – A Viral Approach
Executive Summary The British Military are trying to recruit millennials, but they are already in the military, we need to look to recruiting the Network...
Scaring the Bear – Russia and Future Armour
To state that the greatest threat to a tank is another tank is a faith-based assertion that lacks technical veracity. Nothing about the new Russian...
The Case for Innovation
In 2016 the announcement of the Defence Innovation Initiative by the Secretary of State for Defence placed renewed emphasis on innovation as a way of...
New Tech, Old Debates – NATO’s Air Campaign in Kosovo
Introduction The 24th of March 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Operation ALLIED FORCE which saw NATO air power used to resolve the humanitarian crisis...
The Bellingcat lessons: Counter Intelligence for Social Media
The British Army jeopardises OPSEC with overuse of social media. Social media appeals to us, it amplifies our voice and its rewards are near-instant and...
Removing The Soldier From The Battlefield
Employing Augmented Reality for Remote Assistance Tasks on Deployments Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan over thepast 15 years saw an increase in civilian contractor and...
What implications will the ongoing developments in artificial intelligence and robotics have for remote warfare in the future?
Forward – Vernon Coaker MP former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence The increasing use of robotics by our armed forces is inevitable in all...
Grey Threat: Exploring Tactical Information Advantage.
PART ONE: INFOPOCALYPSE RISING ‘No amount of kinetic action – alone, and divorced from ideological considerations – can make this threat disappear . Alberto Fernandez,...
War, News and Engagement in the 21st Century
The Battle of Trafalgar had just been won. HMS Pickle’s Commanding Officer was entrusted with the delivery of a note, conveying news of the victory,...
