The UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific – a correct move
The UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific region has generated a great deal of discussion after it was included as part of the 2021 Integrated Review...
Category : Opinion
“TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD…” Scale, Reach or Capability.
At the start of 2018, I wrote an editorial for my newsletter, Defence Analysis. Being one’s own boss is good, as you can indulge yourself...
Deleting Warrior saves lives: APCs vs IFVs
The recent reorganisations of the procurement budget cancelled the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) upgrade. Instead Warrior will be replaced by the wheeled Boxer armoured...
T-62s for Russian reserve units in Ukraine
Russian tank losses in Ukraine have been very high; perhaps 875 vehicles. Part of the response has been to activate obsolete T-62 tanks for operational...
Rethinking the UK in Mali: It’s Time to Look Elsewhere
Two years ago for Wavell Room I wrote about why the United Kingdom’s deployments to Mali in support of the United Nation’s Mission there (MINUSMA)...
Ukraine – lessons for Western air power
The Telegraph recently ran one of the more bizarre analyses to have arisen from the war in Ukraine. In it, Gareth Corfield, supported by...
Does Ukraine Need Fighter Aircraft?
Ukraine’s Air Force is destroying more Russian aircraft than they are losing, but the kill ratio is unsustainable. Ukraine’s air force is outnumbered ten-to-one and...
RAF Working Dress – Improving Identity, Quality and Fit
In February 2022, a 15-page proposal of new ‘ASTRA’ uniforms for the Royal Air Force was leaked onto social media. It quickly became national news...
Falklands 40: 5 Infantry Brigade and the peril of ‘ad-hoccery’
If there is one, stand-out moment that captures the British experience of the Falklands conflict, it is the loss of Sir Galahad and the horrendous...
Falklands 40: The Question of Command
One of the great contentions during the conflict, and something that surfaced in the recent Channel 4 documentary, was the chain of command established by...