Logistic is the Stem Without Which the Flower of Victory Cannot Blossom – Winston Spencer Churchill DefenceSynergia is grateful to Howard Wheeldon FRAeS for this welcome introduction to the Defence Fulfilment Centre (DFC) based at Donington. Logistics is a less glamorous subject than sexy front line operational ‘stuff’ and often takes a back seat in Continue reading
Royal Air Force Operational Numbers – A Cross Service Problem It is a valid point that has been made by the media in reporting a Freedom of Information reply from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) indicating that Royal Air Force (RAF) operational aircraft numbers are on average only 66% of any specific air fleet. DefenceSynergia Continue reading
DefenceSynergia has noted that MOD officials, possibly not the NAO, are confident that the Dreadnought (Successor) Programme is on budget. Reading the MOD report one cannot but be mesmerised by some of the slick wording…“In Summer 2017, the Department completed a baseline review of the submarine portfolio that confirmed the programme remains within its estimated Continue reading
DefenceSynergia (DS) is relieved that the Secretary of State for Defence has at long last published the Ministry of Defence (MOD) report entitled ‘Modernising Defence Programme’. At this early stage it is difficult to comment in depth about a report that has taken so long to produce so little albeit that DS takes heart that within Continue reading
DefenceSynergia Critique of the Human Security Centre Paper: ‘Fire and Ice A New Maritime Strategy for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Northern Flank DefenceSynergia(DS) is grateful to Dr Rowan Allport and the Human Security Centre(HSC) for permission to publish and review their paper ‘Fire and Ice – A New Maritime Strategy for the North Atlantic Continue reading
The Speech Good evening – it’s a great privilege to be with you this evening to give my first annual Chief of the Defence Staff lecture precisely six months after I started in the job. And without getting overly excited I guess there’s never been a better week for a CDS to be controversial …but Continue reading
DefenceSynergia is grateful to one of our founding members, David Graham, for his insights below into the potential but ignored threat of mining of British Ports. David first wrote on this subject in 2010 since when the Ministry of Defence has reduced Mine Counter-Measures Vessels from 16 to 13. To assess the ability or otherwise Continue reading