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Air Capabilities and Spending Long Read Opinion

Stealth Bombers and the Indo-Pacific: Addressing Challenges, Expanding Capabilities

Guy PlopskySeptember 5, 2019September 5, 2019

by Guy PlopskySeptember 5, 2019September 5, 2019010959

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In order to better address the challenges that a hypothetical large-scale armed confrontation with the People’s Republic of China would pose, the United

Concepts and Doctrine Land Opinion Short Read

The Non-Combat, Combat Estimate.

Infantry Training ScrewSeptember 3, 2019August 28, 2019

by Infantry Training ScrewSeptember 3, 2019August 28, 2019019281

Decision making

Opinion People and Leadership Short Read

How to work with the Civil Service

Sir HumphreyAugust 31, 2019August 28, 2019

by Sir HumphreyAugust 31, 2019August 28, 2019014101

In the previous article we explored some advice to the aspiring Staff Officer expecting to be deployed deep into the hostile territory of Whitehall, working

Concepts and Doctrine Long Read Opinion

The Universal Infantry Battalion

Nicholas DrummondAugust 29, 2019August 29, 2019

by Nicholas DrummondAugust 29, 2019August 29, 2019077748

With a smaller army limited to just 82,000 soldiers, the organisational structure of its component units and the number of personnel within individual sub-units starts

Short Read

#MilTwitter: Too Much Personality?

Rich MAugust 27, 2019February 23, 2025

by Rich MAugust 27, 2019February 23, 202504767

Many senior officers now have a Twitter account. This is good because service personnel have a direct line to and from their leadership. Senior officers

Concepts and Doctrine Cyber / Information Short Read

Magic and Information Manoeuvre (Part 2): Command and Proxy

Connor OAugust 22, 2019July 12, 2019

by Connor OAugust 22, 2019July 12, 201906483

This article argues that the UK should establish a permanent Information Operations Command. It examines how the deepen the information effect by recruiting and utilising

Cyber / Information Domains Long Read

Magic and Information (Part 1): Dual Role Manoeuvre

Connor OAugust 20, 2019July 12, 2019

by Connor OAugust 20, 2019July 12, 201906493

The article proposes that the UK adopts an information manoeuvre strategy called ‘dual-role manoeuvre’ based on the principles of magic. This article explains how this

Concepts and Doctrine Short Read

The Rebirth of ‘Frontier Soldiering’?

Ric ColeAugust 15, 2019July 12, 2019

by Ric ColeAugust 15, 2019July 12, 201906924

This article examines the UK’s recent contribution to Somalia and explores the positive impact it has had on the operational efficiency of the SNA. It

Long Read People and Leadership

There is no Accounting for Time

ChrisAugust 13, 2019July 12, 2019

by ChrisAugust 13, 2019July 12, 201905384

This article proposes that the Armed Forces account for people’s time in a new way. Instead of looking at years served it should look at

Concepts and Doctrine Opinion Sea Short Read

Thursday Warriors: Is it time to re-think Royal Navy training?

John DoreyAugust 6, 2019July 12, 2019

by John DoreyAugust 6, 2019July 12, 2019024649

In a slight departure from the normal format of Wavell Room articles, here we present four separate short thought pieces that all have a common