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Folding Boat Equipment (FBE)
Helicopter Transportable Vehicles
SPEAR Missile System
The British Army and an Integrated Review
The Inglis Bridges
Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Towards the Integrated Review
Multi Role Vehicle – Protected (MRV-P)
Easibridge – Lightweight Tactical Bridging Innovation
The British Army – Transformation in an Age of Complexity
A UK Hospital Ship
Military Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Response (HADR) – Haiti 2010
Air Operations and the Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport
Over the Shore Logistics
Water
Summary and Final Thoughts
Towards #SDSR18 – Defending Europe
Towards #SDSR18 – Middle East and Africa
A Royal Navy FLO-FLO
Reference
The Overburdened Infantry Soldier
Military Motorcycles
Military Quad Bikes (Small ATV)
The Light Strike Brigade
Equipment Discussion
Lightweight Vehicles
Winston and Nellie (the Trenching Machine)
Towards #SDSR18 – Breaking the Cycle of Perpetual Crisis
Towards #SDSR18 – Risks
Towards #SDSR18 – Alliances and Politics
Thoughts on the British Army Strike Concept
Friends and Allies
Looking Ahead – Part 1 (Challenges)
Looking Ahead – Part 2 (Meeting the Challenges)
An Essay from a Former British Army Officer
Current Plans and Observations
Anglo Engineering Concepts – Back to Systems Thinking
British Army Medium Weight Capability
The Fifties and Sixties
The Seventies
The Eighties
The Nineties
TRACER, MRAV and Project Bushranger
Turning Points in the Balkans
Change Comes to the US and UK Land Forces
FRES Gets into Gear but Iraq Looms Large
Snatch and the Trials of Truth
FRES Changes Lane and Changes Name
FRES Scout to the end of FRES
Return to Contingency
Ajax to MIV and the Emergence of STRIKE
A Summary
Observations
Appendix A – Ajax
Appendix B – 40mm Cased Telescoped Weapon System (CTWS)
Appendix C – Generic Vehicle Architecture
Allies Medium Weight Capabilities
From Umm Qasr to Unmanned Warrior – Royal Navy Mine Countermeasures
Joint Port Opening Capability – A Proposal
The Changing Coastline and Port Environment
Defence and Development Context
Defining a Requirement
Requirement 1 – Design, Contract Management and Rapid Response Survey
Requirement 2 – Port Opening and Augmentation
Requirement 3 – Enhanced Coastline Access
Meeting Requirement 1 – Port Survey and Design
Meeting Requirement 2 – Port Opening
Meeting Requirement 3 – Part A
Meeting Requirement 3 – Part B
Meeting Requirement 3 – Part C
Final Thoughts
UK Amphibious Capabilities – Today and Tomorrow
Doctrine
Getting Ashore
The Ampibious Force
Sustainment
Issues and Plans
Thoughts on the Future
Al Faw and the Operation to Open the Iraqi Port of Umm Qasr
Over the Shore Logistics of D Day and Beyond
Designing and Building the Mulberry Harbour
D Day Plus
Fuel
Rhino Pontoon and DUKW
Cherbourg
Post War
Summary and Final Thoughts
The San Carlos Forward Operating Base
The Boxer Armoured Vehicle and the British Army
Boxer Armoured Vehicle Details and Variants
Ascension Island and the 1982 Falklands Conflict
The Raid on Pebble Island
Over the Shore Logistics – San Carlos and Beyond
Operation Black Buck – Claims and Counterclaims
Before Invasion
Invasion and Force Buildup
The Raids
Post Conflict and RAF Stanley
Analysis
Military Bridging and Gap Crossing
The Type 26 Frigate
Type 26 Frigate – History
Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS) – Capabilities
ESARCO Vehicles
Type 31 General Purpose Frigate (GPFF)
Type 31 Frigate History
Type 31 Frigate Capabilities
Supacat All Terrain Mobility Platform (ATMP) and Springer
Watchkeeper Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS)
History
Description
A Few Thoughts
Have we lost of the art of digging in and building field defences?
Do we have a problem
Equipment for digging
Equipment for field defences
Equipment for timber processing
Summary
Multidrive Vehicles
The Atlantic Conveyor
The 40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS)
A Ship that Still Isn’t a Frigate
Initial Considerations
Roles and Modules
MSS (Small) – Platform Supply Vessel Conversion
MSS (Medium) – Offshore Construction Vessel
MSS (Large) – Multilift
Climbing the Fighty Ladder
Summary
The Purple Reading List
Books
Online Materials
Top 25 British War Films
Civilian Unmanned Airborne Systems – Threats an Opportunities
Threats
More than Toys
Examples of Use
Counters
Opportunities
Summary
Submarine Escape and Rescue
Soviet Monsters
The Case for Low Cost Airpower
Defence Engagement, Capacity Building and Conflict Prevention
Roles and Requirements
Resourcing
Developing the Capability
Summary
A Persistent Ground Based Surveillance Challenge
Light Forces Mobility
Section transport and Load Carrying (Moving Forward)
Personal Transport and Load Carrying
Section transport and Load Carrying (History)
UK Complex (Guided) Weapons – Reference
Sea Viper (ASTER)
Sea Venom
Lightweight Multirole Missile – Martlet
Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (ATGW)
Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM)
Common Anti Air Modular Missile (CAMM)
Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW)
Summary, Trends and Issues
Harebrained Schemes
Brimstone
SPEAR Capability 3
Harpoon
Paveway IV
Storm Shadow Conventionally Armed Stand Off Missile (CASOM)
Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM)
Laser Weapons
Meteor BVRAAM
Fire Shadow Loitering Munition
EXACTOR
Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM)
Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS)
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The D-Day Normandy Landings
The Falkland Islands San Carlos Landings
Opening the Port at Umm Qasr, Iraq 2003
Haiti Earthquake Port Rehabilitation
UK Amphibious Doctrine
Air and Land Survey
Naval Mine Countermeasures
UK Amphibious Assault
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
US Amphibious Logistics
Change in Ship to Shore Logistics
Increment 1 – Requirements
Increment 1 – Survey and Initial Operations
Increment 1 – Port Repair and Augmentation
A Summary and Final Thoughts on Increment 1
Increment 2 – Requirements
Increment 2 – Existing Solutions
Increment 2 – Pre Build Survey
Increment 2 – Pierhead
Increment 2 – Pier
Increment 2 – Shore Connector
Increment 2 – Wave Attenuation
Closing Comments
The Sixties and Seventies
The Eighties
The Nineties
The Sava River
FCS and the Birth of FRES
2000 to 2005
2006 to 2010
Where Did It All Go Wrong
2011 to 2014
Generic Vehicle Architecture
2015 to Today
