by Vasyl Myroshnychenko and Michael Shoebridge | Aug 19, 2025 | Podcasts, Ukraine
The Ambassadors Series – a Grumpy Strategist meets | RSS.com Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko speaks with a grumpy strategist about his path from business to diplomacy, & the surreal experience of families – including his – like fighting...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 30, 2025 | Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Episode 42 – the Meaning of Life, with drones, the | RSS.com Marcus and Michael set out fast moving developments in military use of drones. they’re happening not just in Ukraine, but in Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Singapore and the UK (just not in...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 9, 2024 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
Australia’s Department of Defence has found a way to buy a small number of small Switchblade armed drones from a US company. In the world of drone warfare, our military will need many different types of drone and they will use and lose lots of them in any...
by Michael Shoebridge | Feb 19, 2024 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
The Government’s challenge is to get new, properly armed warships into the Royal Australian Navy before the ageing ANZACs break and well before the first underarmed, over budget Hunter class frigate makes its way into service sometime from 2033 – and have these ships...
by Marcus Hellyer | Sep 8, 2023 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
One element of President Biden’s FY2024 defense budget that has not attracted much attention here in Australia is one that has direct implications for us – and some very practical lessons about how Defence does capability planning, acquisitions and thinks about...
