Technology
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Adapting Atlas – The cost of combat power: Part Two
By David Beaumont. Most Western land forces are beyond the point where a ‘protection versus mobility’ argument has short-term usefulness. In recent years due to a range of threats upon typically Middle-eastern battlefields militaries have found protection as essential; protection… Continue reading
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The cost of combat power – weapons, weight and sustainment in the multi-domain land battle
By David Beaumont. In ‘Sustaining multi-domain battle’ I articulated a number of challenges that land-force military logisticians must address in developing their sustainment concepts for multi-domain battle. Some may not yet be persuaded that the idea of multi-domain battle is … Continue reading
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Sustaining the multi-domain battle
‘Multi-domain battle’ is the topic of the moment amongst land force (Army and Marine) concept writers in a number of Western armies. ‘Multi-domain battle’ is an evolution of joint warfare which exploits the capacity of domain ‘owners’ (land, sea, air… Continue reading
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Rethinking logistics – challenges of the modern battlefield
At the end of 2016 the Chief of the Australian Army, through conversations with senior logisticians, asked the logistic community to rethink assumptions made about logistics. This challenge, a part of other force structure reforms in Army, formed the basis… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 