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Sustaining machines – the logistics of autonomy in military organisations

Logistics in War

This article is adapted from a presentation given at the Williams Foundation seminar on ‘Next Generation Autonomous Systems’ delivered in Canberra in April 2021. Militaries using autonomous weapons will, if we are optimistic about the technology, necessarily look very different in twenty, thirty years in the future. By David Beaumont.

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The LIW articles you should read – a 2018 retrospective

Logistics in War

As 2018 draws to a close, a year in which Logistics In War consolidated, it’s a good time to reflect on what were the most popular or relevant articles to the readers. Before I mention the articles, I thought it best to also reflect on the key themes covered on the site this year.

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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy

Logistics in War

History cruelly reminds military planners, governments and nations that such opinions tend to ‘leave emperors without their clothes’. There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result.

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Making ‘self-reliance’ meaningful – preparing the military to operate alone

Logistics in War

On one hand it harks back to the Australian strategic policy of the post-Vietnam War years, but it has also been raised in recent debates about the limits of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) capability, or even the nations defence industrial capacity. It is, of course, prudent to be as self-reliant as practicable.

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The logistics of autonomous systems – the consequence of transformed logistics

Logistics in War

. ‘Logistics and autonomous systems – the promise of transformed logistics’ concluded that the prospective use of autonomous systems for military logistics was a matter of the imagination. Western militaries, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), have been exploiting semi-autonomous systems for years.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

There are of course the challenges from a potential recession and the increasing severity and frequency of climate change disruptions. The US is greatly expanding its attempt to slow Beijing’s technological and military advances. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade.

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Industry integration – a new approach and attitude to Army logistics

Logistics in War

This article was originally published in the Australian Defence Business Review ‘Land Forces 2018’ edition (September-October) and is posted here with permission. Logistics is the stored potential of a military force, and industry is the battery from which energy is drawn. Industry is where logistics begins.