Category Afghanistan
Improvised use of S-5 rockets in land warfare
Yuri Lyamin and I have authored the first ARES Research Report, “Improvised Employment of S-5 Air-to-Surface Rockets in Land Warfare”, which aims to provide a brief history and technical appraisal of a battlefield phenomenon which has received little attention to date. Below are some extracts from the publication, which can be read in full here […]
Update: Australian MultiCam Pattern (AMP)
By N.R. Jenzen-Jones Over the last few weeks I have been in correspondence with various officials from Defence, discussing the specifics and the impact of the upcoming Australian MultiCam Pattern (AMP). This new pattern is being developed by Crype Precision for the ADF – you can read more about this in an earlier Security Scholar article, […]
Security Scholar Synopsis: Afghanistan’s National Interdiction Unit (NIU)
By N.R. Jenzen-Jones This is an excerpt from the Security Scholar Synopsis series. Each brief in the series focuses on a particular military or law enforcement unit, or emerging operation, and provides an overview supported by research and links to primary and other sources for further reading. The first in our series covers the National […]
Big Boys Do Crye: MultiCam for Australia
By N.R. Jenzen-Jones Please note: a number of serving Australian Army officers and soldiers were interviewed for this piece. Their names have been withheld at their request. Last November the Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, announced that Australian troops operating in Afghanistan would be issued with Crye Precision MultiCam uniforms, following a successful trial. […]
The Rogue Adventurer 