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When Russian forces marched on Kyiv in February 2022, few thought Ukraine could survive. Russia had more than twice as many soldiers as Ukraine. Its military budget was more than [...]

Gunpowder. The combustion engine. The airplane. These are just some of the technologies that have forever changed the face of warfare. Now, the world is experiencing another transformation that could [...]

It seems fantastical, but observers may soon look back on the late twentieth century as a period of relative stability in the Middle East. Although there was no shortage of [...]

It has become widely accepted that the convergence of technological advances is leading to a revolution in military affairs or perhaps even a military revolution. (1) One of the unanswered [...]

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 In today's world of rapidly evolving global security challenges, the ability to collect, analyse and utilise data for decision-making and response is more important [...]

Falls Church VA (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 On the battlefield, snipers rarely work alone. Snipers act as part of a system with a spotter who surveys a wide area to [...]

The Department of Defense (DOD) has used drones in almost every military operation since the 1950s to provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence on enemy forces. (1) They have been called [...]

The next draft of the Unified Command Plan should redesignate US Cyber Command as a functional combatant command (COCOM). In much the way that significant contingents of leadership in the [...]

In September 2007, more than 65 subject matter experts from around the Air Force gathered at the US Air Force Academy to discuss the way ahead for institutionalizing cyber training [...]

This article begins with a disclaimer: although the title refers to an 'old dog,' it's not really fair to call the Bell CH-135 (UH-1N) Twin Huey a dog. It was [...]

History has shown that strategy, tactics, concepts, and even politics, as well as world-power, all eventually adjust to technology. (1) --Benjamin Delahauf Foulois I HAD FOUND THE death ray. In [...]

The article describes the range of force protection assets acquired by troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq to protect them from enemy threats and tactics. These include artillery-locating radar systems such as the FireFinder range used to detect long-range mortars or rockets, and Persistent Threat Detection System aerostats that provide wide-area surveillance at high altitudes.

The growing use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has led to increased intellectual and financial investment in counter-IED technology, particularly the use of airborne capability. The article describes some airborne surveillance techniques used in Afghanistan and Iraq, including the Angel Fire wide-area surveillance program, the ARGUS-IS and counter-IED radars such as the Desert Owl.

You have to know the past to understand the present. --Carl Sagan Revolutions in warfare rarely take place in one's lifetime. Rather, an evolution based on the innovative use of [...]

What role should the acquisition, development, test, and evaluation communities play in tactics development? There are numerous tactics development centers of excellence in all the military services. For example, naval [...]

Since 2000 the Department of Defense (DOD) has committed itself to implementing a vision of the future of combat usually referred to as Network-Centric Warfare (NCW). This vision, as described [...]