What’s an Army for? – The Future of the Canadian Forces by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
What’s an Army for? Over the past month, the majors on the Command and Staff Course at Canadian Forces College have been working their brains [...]
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The Future of Canadian Fast Air: the F-35 Crisis of Confidence by Paul T. Mitchell
News that the Canadian Government is re-evaluating the purchase of F-35 Lightning II fighters has exploded across the headlines of military news and blog sites [...]
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The Future Is Upon Us: Failed Predictions, Boiling Frogs and Gun Printers by Paul T. Mitchell
Militaries are future-oriented institutions. They consider the impact of advancing technology, changing political dynamics, and the implications of global economic shifts. Yet as Nils Bohr [...]
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“Three Laws Safe?” Autonomous Robots and Warfare by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
The X-47B looks like something out of a sci-fi space opera; more Cylon raider than fighter jet. The analogy is not so far-fetched. It recently [...]
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Geography and Air Power: the “Arrow” of Outrageous Misfortune by Paul T. Mitchell
Full disclosure: I have been accused of penning some unconventional thoughts on the F-35 programme. In 2010, I wrote an Ottawa Citizen op-ed arguing that [...]
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Exercise Javelin Thrust “The Reality of War – 12 July” by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
The “war” concluded with a whimper, not a bang. Earlier in the day, it didn’t seem like it might be so. The Camenian forces, severely [...]
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Javelin Thrust “Shaping the Battle – 09 July” by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
This is continuing our series by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell on Modern Combat featuring Canadian troops on Exercise with their American counterparts The War finally [...]
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Javelin Thrust “Airspace Coordination – 07 July” Guest Blog by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
The Commanding Officer of the Artillery (CO Guns) is worried. She is the officer responsible for developing the plan on how the Brigade’s artillery guns [...]
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Exercise Javelin Thrust “The Mission – 05 July” Guest Blog by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
The army is a big machine. Few outside the military consider the planning efforts that must take place before the first tank rolls down a [...]
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Exercise Javelin Thrust “The Situation – 03 July” Guest Blog by Dr. Paul T. Mitchell
It’s a cool day in Oceanside, California. A breeze chilled by the cold northern Pacific blows in over the arid desert landscape of Camp Pendleton [...]
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