By Nicholas Drummond As British Army begins the process of replacing its current small arms inventories this post explores its choices. It looks at the evolution of NATO small arms since 7.62 mm wa…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond This article is a departure from the blog’s usual focus on land domain topics and looks at the RAF’s future combat air strategy and the difficult choices it will ne…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond Part Two provides further perspectives on the future of warfare. It explores tactical elements, including technological innovation and evolving doctrine, which can change radic…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond This two-part article provides perspectives on the future of warfare. Part I considers strategic elements, including the Nature of War, which remains immutable. Part II explore…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond Trump’s strategic dilemma is does he use Russia to contain China at the expense of Europe and Ukraine or risk Russia being controlled by China? Looking behind the extraordinary…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond This post is a video that considers how the British Army should be reconfigured to ensure it delivers against Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Roly Walker’s aspira…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond Vladimir Putin has sparked Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War 2. This week the number of Russian soldiers killed or seriously woundedContinue reading| UK Land Power
How to double the British Army’s lethality by 2027 This article was first published on the Wavell Room blog in August 2024. By Nicholas Drummond The 2024 RUSI Land Warfare Conference’s ambiti…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond This article considers the merits of the British Army generating two war fighting divisions rather than the single division planned hitherto. The key driver for a revised…| UK Land Power
By Nicholas Drummond This article considers the controversial question of whether the British Army still needs a tracked infantry fighting vehicle when WARRIOR is retired in 2025 or whether BOXER c…| UK Land Power