War Room
Contemporary Operating Environment
7 Brigade Hybrid Warfare Symposium: Prof Michael Evans
Prof Michael Evans from the Australian Defence College challenges hybrid warfare and the entire idea of the conference
Contemporary Operating Environment
Russian Special Forces Operating in Syria
This video, via the Washinton Post and dated 11 December 2016, shows Russian Special Forces soldiers operating inside Syria.
By The Cove
Contemporary Operating Environment
7 Brigade Hybrid Warfare Symposium: Dr Malcolm Davis
Dr Malcolm Davis briefs on the implications for Australia of the US Third Offset Strategy.
War Room
Eliot Cohen talks Strategic Deterrence
In this video, via the Modern War Institute, reknowned US strategist Eliot Cohen discusses strategic deterrence and the future of war.
Contemporary Operating Environment
What It's Really Like to Fight with the Islamic State
This video, obtained by Vice Nes, reportedly shows head cam footage from Islamic State fighters conducting offensive operations against the Kurdish Peshmerga near Mosul, Iraq.
War Room
SIED Attack on Armour in Mosul
A link showing a suicide vehicle borne improvised explosive device targetting Iraqi armour in Mosul, Iraq.
Future Operating Environment
Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity
This US Department of Defence video, provided via The Intercept, excamines the impact of mega-cities on military operations.
By The Cove
Contemporary Operating Environment
Let's Learn the Right Lessons from the Ukraine
In this post on the Land Power Forum, James Ellis-Smith argues that the lessons from the current conflict in the Ukraine indicate the Army should move away from conventional conflict and move towards...
Contemporary Operating Environment
Proliferation of MANPADs in Syria
This article from Bellincat, a UK based open-source intelligence analyst, provides a picture of the proliferation of MANPADS in Syria in 2016.
