War College Papers 2022

This essay argues that the ADF should primarily consider joint multi-domain systems to create adaptive ‘kill webs’ to succeed in the contemporary environment. This paper evaluates the historical ‘service, platform, and network-driven’ models to discern limitations in the ADF’s ability to generate critical joint systems of Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) to defend and Joint Fires and Effects (JFE) to attack potential adversaries.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces was a significant escalation of ongoing tension and conflict between the two countries. This essay will evaluate three elements of military campaign planning against Putin’s strategic objectives. Noting the Russia-Ukraine War is still ongoing, an assessment of ‘success’ will not be made; instead, Russian-Ukraine War campaigns conducted between 24 February 2022 to September 2022 (Ukraine retakes 2400 square miles, including the city of Kharkiv) will be used to evaluate military campaign planning effectiveness.

Linear can be good enough: Enhancing the ADF’s Military Appreciation Process by using Systems Engineering methods to help define complex adaptive systems in war.

An Analysis of Capability Development to Support the Future. Research and public discourse indicate that the ADF needs to reform its acquisition and force design processes to make acquiring military power a faster process.[2] Many within the national security space continue to ask whether the current system can support the development of military technologies in an all-domain kill-web environment.

Even Imperfect Tools Can Be Useful: An analysis of the MAP and its utility in combating complex adaptive systems.

Lessons from the 2022 Russian-Ukraine War: What can the Australian Defence Force learn from the failures of the Russian Federation Armed Forces military campaign that can be utilised when planning future military operations and campaigns? This essay was written on 23 September 2022, before the Ukrainian recapture of Kherson in the South in October 2022.