The raid on Sevastopol Bay
On Saturday 29 October, at 4.30 am Moscow time, air defences at the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol Bay were alerted to what appeared...
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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...
Yes, Manoeuvre is Alive. Ukraine Proves it.
It has become popular to attack doctrine and to try and define new concepts. It’s almost as if we want the old ones not to...
Russian forces must retreat from the Dnipro before winter – or face defeat
On 9 February 2017, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, a member of the Expedition 50 crew, captured a winter landscape image from the International...
The war for control of the net in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is the first in history in which an aggressor has attempted to take control of the digital infrastructure network of seized...
Is Manoeuvre Alive?
In conversation with Peter Roberts as part of a RUSI podcast series, The Western Way of War, in December 2020, I claimed that ‘Manoeuvre was...
Russia’s Conscripts Problem
The 25 August UK MOD daily intelligence summary on Twitter stated: ‘It remains unclear whether Russia will attempt to fill this increased allocation from...
The graveyard of Russian Tanks
High Russian tank losses in the war in Ukraine have attracted debate. Some opinion views the losses as further evidence tanks have become obsolete on...
Russian Defence Industry: An Uncertain Future
Wars are good for the defence industry. It is a measure of the foolishness of Putin’s war on Ukraine that this rule has been inverted....
Britain – Between a rock and a hard place
NATO, Brexit and the United States – Hard times for Britain. Britain has enjoyed a revival on the global stage since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...