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<title>Barbarous Philosophers</title>
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<description>A review of Christopher Coker's reflections on the nature of war over 2,600 years - from Heraclitus to Heisenberg.</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Delivering Materiel and Manpower to the Front Line</title>
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<description>A look at the challenges that face the Joint Support Chain in current operations</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The United Kingdom's PowerFOB</title>
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<description>The MoD has engaged with the renewable energy industry over the supply of energy to the front line</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The US Mobile Landing Platform and T-Craft: Connecting the Sea with the Shore</title>
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<description>The latest concepts in the development of future seabases and sea-to-shore connectors</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Invisibility Cloak</title>
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<description>A look at the very latest electronic camouflage, BAE's Adaptiv stealth system</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Maintaining the Strategic Deterrent: Managing the Transition Period to Trident Renewal</title>
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<description>What is the planning required to ensure successful transition from the Vanguard class to the successor SSBN?</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Energy over the Beach</title>
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<description>A discussion of initiatives to reduce the energy used in expeditionary military exercises</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Delivering Maritime Operational Support</title>
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<description>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary's role in naval logisitics is far more than delivering bullets, beans and bunker oil to the maritime front-line</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Adding Value to UK Defence</title>
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<description>An investigation of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's growing importance to a range of UK policing, aid and defence tasks</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Progress on Precision Airdrop</title>
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<description>A look at some of the latest precision airdrop systems on the market</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Royal Air Force Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft</title>
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<description>Assessing the impact of the FSTA Voyager tanker's entry into service</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Airbus Military A400M</title>
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<description>An update on development of the Airbus A400M, intended to plug the hole in NATO's tactical/strategic airborne transport capability</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Total Support Force: Achieving Greater Benefits in the Land Environment?</title>
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<description>The Total Support Force concept could lead to a more efficient, better-value UK defence capability.</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Transforming Logistic Information Systems</title>
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<description>The partnership between the UK Ministry of Defence and industry is transforming the ability to manage logistic information</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Blue Overalls on the Front Line: Contractor Support to Operations</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/publications/defencesystems/rss/ref:A4ED3B332CAD80/ </link>
<description>Examining the front-line contractor industry, and its future steps</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Assessing UK Battlefield Logistics Capability: Lessons and Future Requirements for the Land Component</title>
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<description>The 'support network’ concept offers a new alternative to traditional, linear supply chain infrastructure</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Leadership, Industrial Licence and Logistics: The Search for Some New Thinking</title>
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<description>A continued failure in European military logistic capabilities could lead to the break-up of the Atlantic Alliance</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>D is for Data</title>
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<description>Improved data management could cure a host of ills - if only there was better data integrity</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>DE&S: Supporting the Front Line</title>
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<description>The minister for defence, equipment support and technology explains the role and achievements of the Defence Equipment and Support organisation</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Ministry of Defence Support to Defence Exports</title>
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<description>The minister for international security strategy outlines the coalition government’s latest work to help cut the deficit through its support to increased defence exports</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Acquisition Reform: What is Core to Being an Intelligent Customer?</title>
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<description>Identifying core activities and then allocating them to the best suited supplier offers significant efficiency gains</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Transforming Defence</title>
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<description>The director general of Transformation and Corporate Strategy sets out the aims and schedule of one of the most radical programmes ever attempted</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>‘Punchbag MoD’</title>
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<description>Recent criticism of the Ministry of Defence’s ability to control the cost of its Equipment Programme may be unfair and misleading</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>The Next UK Defence Review Must Do Better</title>
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<description>How might the SDSR be remedied?</description>
<date>November 2011</date>
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<title>Editorial: Supporting the Front Line</title>
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<date>November 2011</date>
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