Fighting power and the war in Ukraine
Introduction Ukraine is winning. The British Army knows why. Its doctrine describes, informs and advises on everything from excellent leadership to vehicle reliability. It deals...
Tag : Concepts and Doctrine
‘High Time for Hypersonic Missiles’ – the challenges of fielding hypersonic weapons for UK Defence
Introduction In 2019 English Indie artist Sam Fender’s song ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ was voted Hottest Record of the Year by Radio 1 listeners. Sadly, it seems,...
Preserving Formation Reconnaissance
When warfighting, formation level ground mounted crewed reconnaissance (GMCR) has never been more important. This has been clearly indicated by the successful development of the...
Israel’s Victory Doctrine: A Response
On 27 August 2021 The Wavell Room published a piece titled “Israel’s Victory Doctrine Achieves its First Indeterminate Outcome” by Michael C. Davies. This article...
Tempo, Cohesion, and Risk: Towards a Theory of Multi Domain Warfare
The US Army requires a modernised “theory of action” to thrive within the changing phenomenon of 21st century great power competition. At the operational level,...
The Integrated Operating Concept Isn’t Very Good
The Integrated Operating Concept 2025 (IOpC 25) is supposed to guide the UK armed forces for the years ahead starting in 2025. As a concept, however,...
Building an Effective Indigenous Counter-Insurgency Force – Part 1.
I’ve studied Counter insurgency for decades. When I served in the 6th Special Forces Group over fifty years ago, I was assigned to edit a...
A New Conception of War. John Boyd, the U.S. Marines and Manoeuvre Warfare. By Ian T. Brown.
“I believe the world’s greatest military theorist are Carl von Clausewitz , Sun Tzu, and John Boyd” – Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Paul K Van Riper USMC. ...
Drones and Artificial Intelligence by Pippa Malmgren
This Wavell Room podcast was recorded in partnership with @WarTalks. This podcast features Dr Pippa Malmgrem in a talk titled Drones and Artificial Intelligence. Pippa...