The false promise of new technology: the British Army and the (new) calibre debate
It is the lot of the infantry to hold ground and get shot at. This is the mundane history of the infantry, not the story...
Category : Concepts and Doctrine
Allies in Death: The Rise of Necropolitics
It is necessary to provide a small preamble to this short article. This piece is written as a polemic. Of course, I have been careful...
Battle Group ISTAR operations
Intelligence, surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance (ISTAR) doctrine needs to change. I will explain how my battle group (1Royal Welsh) conducted ISTAR operations in their 2023...
Incorporating Criminal Actors Into Army Training
The presence of crime in conflict is not a new phenomenon. Nor is it going to cease. It has been influential in recent conflicts, and...
“Red Light, Green Light” Faraway from the Beach
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” ~ Sun Tzu Why didn’t Russia deploy amphibious forces to the shores of...
Israel Gaza War: The legal risk of complicity
Over 36,500 Palestinians, at least half of them women and children, have so far been killed in Gaza, with at least 10,000 more ‘reported missing...
Fighting for Advantage: Joint Asymmetries in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War
Introduction The history of warfare can be defined as an ever-evolving contest to achieve asymmetric advantages in order to avoid the twin perils of attrition...
Education Wargaming Part Two (Operational Level): The Campaign for Normandy
The focus for D-Day 80 is likely to be on the beaches where the amphibious landings took place. Yet the landings were only the start...
Educational Wargaming Part One (Tactical): D-Day and Omaha Beach
As D-Day 80 approaches, commemoration will be the central theme. For the military professional there is also an opportunity to learn about high intensity warfighting,...
Ukraine’s strikes against Russian oil refineries
On 7 February 1984, Saddam Hussein ordered air and missile attacks against 11 Iranian cities, having previously invaded southern Iran and faced unexpected resistance. It...