Tag: Defence Reviews
Gonna Get Me Some Cold War Relics
What with the massed ranks of analysts, defence journalists and coalition politicians gunning for those thousands of cold war relics we have sitting idle just waiting for the chop, it’s time to see what they mean. A cynic might think that getting rid of cold war relics is simply a smokescreen, hiding budget driven cuts [...]
Nick Harvey Opens His Mouth
Some choice quotes from Nick Harvey MP speaking at the RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference today. He starts by evoking the memory of Richard Haldane and his reforms in the early 1900′s, making reference to the fact that he was a liberal politician, lets brush over the fact that Lord Haldane became a Labour Party [...]
Upcoming FDR (LAND) Posts
Whilst we are still discussing FRES SV, a quick heads up for some of the articles/posts coming up Air defence Indirect fire and air land integration Close combat (inc small arms) Base infrastructure Logistics Communications Strategy and Learning & Development of Doctrine Combat Engineering Integrating civilian aid into the military matrix Has anyone got any [...]
Defence Acquisition and the SDSR
By Peter Luff MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology This is an abridged version of a speech given at the DVD 2010 show on 23rd June 2010 Our first priority must be ensuring that those we deploy on operations, and therefore those exposed to greatest risk, are provided with the best possible tools [...]
Think Defence FDR – The Story so Far
It’s been 8 months (I know!) since I started the Think Defence FDR series of posts and we have covered a wide variety of topics with a number of authors across 56 posts. Its time for a quick recap. Purpose The stated objective of Think Defence is to simply get people talking about defence issues [...]
RUSI – A Question of Balance
Number 7 in RUSI’s Future Defence Review has been published (thanks to Jedibeeftrix for letting us know and providing some analysis) In the paper, Malcolm Chalmers, looks in more depth at those well worn ‘hard choices’ Putting the paper in context he suggests that a 10-15% budget cut over the next six years is a [...]
What to Cut
Are we seriously considering getting rid of infantry battalions, cutting back on T3 and putting the CVF in doubt when we have the Red Arrows, 20 odd military bands and lots of ceremonial duties to attend to. Would you trade the Red Arrows or lots of ceremonial duties for… Fill in the blanks. Personally, I [...]
FDR – Littoral #3
In the previous post on littoral concepts I looked at the higher speed options, raiding craft and hovercraft. In this post I am going to look at complimentary equipment. Fires and Support Craft One of the operational feedback lessons from littoral operation in Iraq was the need for more armour, this resulted in the Offshore [...]
RUSI Capability Questions – A Review
In the latest paper in the Royal United Services Institute Future Defence Review series, Michael Codner (RUSI Director of Military Sciences) presents a series of choices for the new government. Placing the paper in context he makes the observation that whilst there is some political consensus amongst the new government, principally on the need for [...]
Future Defence Review Sweepstakes
We have been running the FDR series for a while now and I think there has been some great debate and sensible ideas, plus one or two hair brained schemes just for the hell of it (sorry) but the real thing is approaching and whilst we all try to make a case for a slight [...]
RUSI – Capability Questions for the New Government
Michael Codner has a new report out as part of the RUSI Future Defence Review series that discusses equipment options. As ever, an interesting read Download here
FDR – Littoral #2
Continuing our 4 part post on littoral operations, looking at equipment options. Hovercraft The £1 million Griffon Hoverwork 2400 TD LCAC(L)(R) is a direct replacement for the 4 existing LCAC’s that have given sterling service in many environments and has been designed with direct input from 539 ASRM. The primary role of the LCAC (L) [...]
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