Fake reporting to please the (Russian) boss
Russian Reporting. The modern battlefield is full of reporting from one formation to another. This is no different in the war in Ukraine. Intreps and...
Category : Domains
The MQ-9B Sea Guardian and the revolution in anti-submarine warfare
Introduction Amidst the advancements in artificial intelligence, hypersonic missiles, quantum computing, cyberattacks, and lethal autonomous weapons, there is one aspect that has been overlooked in...
The Urban Warfare Debate, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and the Bakhmut Conundrum
In the professional military community, a major debate has been raging over the past several years, with occasional academics also weighing in on the subject:...
The Role of Snipers in Armoured Warfare
‘The role of a sniper is to locate, observe and destroy key enemy personnel and equipment with indirect and direct precision fire’. A sniper’s strength...
#WavellReviews “A History of Artillery” by Jeremy Black
Whilst the wars and battles that define the story of artillery are used throughout - crucially explaining that so often these events are the catalyst...
Loitering munitions – a revolution in Russian warfare?
The war in Ukraine is shaping the way the Russian Army fights and it is changing the country’s industrial priorities with significant effort being spent...
Countering tactical kamikaze drones – ideas urgently needed.
At the time of writing, the ZALA AERO-Kalashnikov Lancet loitering munition (‘kamikaze drone’) has damaged or destroyed 640 odd Ukrainian vehicles and systems on the...
‘This business will get out of control’: What the Hunt for Red October teaches us about intelligence and uncertainty
Nothing of what you are about to see…ever happened We live in an age where the Cold War infrastructure of arms control is crumbling and...
Super Subordinates: Followership in the British Army
“We are often uncomfortable with the idea of being called a follower. We want to act as a leader and be recognised as a leader.”...
Military Strategic Direction in the UK – Is there another way?
Strategy’s function is to operate like a bridge that “provides a secure connection between the worlds of purpose, which contestably is generally called policy…and its...