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NATO can no longer assume that commercial ships will be available to move forces during conflict, with declining fleets, shortages of seafarers and limited integration with commercial shipping leaving reinforcement plans exposed.
Britain's existing system for requisitioning civilian merchant vessels cannot guarantee that suitable ships and crews will actually be available during a military crisis, according to the Council on Geostrategy.
The United States guarantees access to 60 commercially operated ships for an annual cost equivalent to fewer than five F-35 fighters, a model NATO should consider adopting more widely, according to the Council on Geostrategy.
Western militaries do not currently have an adequate defence against the autonomous drone swarms that could emerge as unmanned warfare moves beyond systems requiring individual human pilots, General David Petraeus has warned.
General David Petraeus has said the United States and its allies did not need to withdraw from Afghanistan when they did, arguing that the Western military commitment had reached 'a sustainable level'.
The United States has not yet developed the new concept of warfare required to exploit advances in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and other emerging technologies, General David Petraeus has warned.
Britain should become the first major Western country to reorganise its defence institutions around lessons emerging from the war in Ukraine, General David Petraeus has told the House of Lords.
Germany's attribution of an attempted drone attack at Leipzig Airport to Russia has drawn statements of support from Britain, Estonia and Finland.
High-level talks between British and Irish officials have begun on Ireland joining the Joint Expeditionary Force, the ten-nation grouping led by Britain, according to The Journal in Ireland.
Polish manufacturers are producing 52 components for the Abrams tank programme, with eight companies now supplying parts used in sustainment and production for vehicles worldwide.
