Kaushal

"“It’s difficult to offer protection and would have been even two or three decades ago during the Armilla patrols of the 1980s, when the Royal Navy could keep two or three frigates on station in the Gulf but still couldn’t have necessarily covered every particular contingency in the region. But it’s true that it could have offered perhaps a more robust protection to British tankers in the region.”"

Dr Sidharth Kaushal on the Royal Navy's presence in the Gulf

22 July 2019

Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, UK, Maritime Forces

"“The theatre air-defence capabilities of the Type 45, which can intercept cruise missiles over a wide area, can also provide defence against Iranian weapons such as the Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship cruise missile if a crisis did become kinetic,” he said. "

UK deploys destroyer to Arabian Gulf as Iran tensions heighten

12 July 2019

Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces, Middle East and North Africa

""Iran's strategy is to engage in coercive acts short of war, so as to send shock waves primarily through the economy of target states in Europe. Essentially it's a strategy of reminding the rest of the world that it's not just Iran that stands to lose from the Trump administration's strategy of maximum pressure, its them as well." "

Dr Sidharth Kaushal on the Royal Navy in the Gulf

12 July 2019

Tags: Iran, Military Sciences

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) anchored during system tests off the coast of Scotland on 28 June 2017, accompanied by the frigates HMS Sutherland (F81) and HMS Iron Duke (F234). Courtesy of UK Ministry of Defence, OGL v1.0

RUSI First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference

9 July 2019

On 15 May 2019, RUSI held the First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference to discuss maritime strategy in a changing naval environment.

Tags: Armed Forces, Civil–Military Relations, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK Defence Policy, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, National Security, Technology, UK Defence

"The apparently puzzling Iranian decision to mine tankers in the gulf of Oman and to carry out similar provocations against shipping in ports in the UAE and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia makes more sense if viewed as a means of catalyzing support from states which have an interest in mitigating the maximum pressure strategy and preserving the JCPOA. "

Shutdown Showdown: How the Strait of Hormuz Factors into the U.S.-Iran Crisis

7 July 2019

Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa

"Finally, the mobilization of amphibious landing vessels, ballistic missile launchers, fighters and bombers, as well as hundreds of thousands of troops, would give Taiwan plenty of advance warning of any attack, Kaushal said. "It's extremely unlikely that the invasion could come as a bolt from the blue," Kaushal added."

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be a bloody, logistical nightmare

24 June 2019

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RUSI First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference

9 July 2019

Sidharth Kaushal

On 15 May 2019, RUSI held the First Sea Lord's Sea Power Conference to discuss maritime strategy in a changing naval environment.

Tags: Armed Forces, Civil–Military Relations, Defence Spending, Equipment and Acquisitions, Conference Reports, Global Strategy and Commitments, UK Defence Policy, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Defence Policy, UK, Maritime Forces, Military Personnel, National Security, Technology, UK Defence

A Trident submarine leaving its base on the Clyde, 2013. Courtesy Wikimedia

A Critical Enabler for Power Projection: Options for a UK Missile Defence Capability in an Age of Escalation Control

24 May 2019

Sidharth Kaushal

This Occasional Paper presents options and rationale for adopting a UK national missile defence capability as a critical enabler of power...

Tags: Defence Spending, Occasional Papers, Equipment and Acquisitions, Global Strategy and Commitments, Military Sciences, Trident, UK, Securing Britain, National Security, Technology, UK Defence

Two THAAD interceptors and a Standard-Missile 3 Block IA missile are launched during a flight test near the US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site, 2013. Courtesy of Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

Missile Defence Conference 2019: Beyond Ballistic Missiles? Missile Defence in an Era of Great Power Competition

29 March 2019

Sidharth Kaushal

In February 2019, RUSI's 19th Missile Defence Conference brought together experts to discuss the changing role of missile defence in a time...

Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, Conference Reports, Military Sciences, Defence Management, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy

Mackinder, Spykman and the Geopolitical Significance of Ballistic Missile Defence

8 February 2019

Peter Roberts and Sidharth Kaushal

As missile defence becomes a central feature of many states’ security postures, it is attendant to frame the enterprise in a wider...

Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Global Strategy and Commitments, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces

Aerial view of the Pentagon building photographed on 24 September 2017

Strategic Net Assessment: Opportunities and Pitfalls

28 January 2019

Peter Roberts and Sidharth Kaushal

What are the strengths of strategic net assessment?

Tags: RUSI Journal, Defence Policy, Intelligence

Amphibious Assault is Over

21 January 2019

Sidharth Kaushal and Jack Watling

The conduct of amphibious operations is currently undergoing a drastic overhaul in response to an array of emerging threats

Tags: Equipment and Acquisitions, Military Sciences, RUSI Defence Systems, Martial Power Programme, Maritime Forces

"“It’s difficult to offer protection and would have been even two or three decades ago during the Armilla patrols of the 1980s, when the Royal Navy could keep two or three frigates on station in the Gulf but still couldn’t have necessarily covered every particular contingency in the region. But it’s true that it could have offered perhaps a more robust protection to British tankers in the region.”"

Dr Sidharth Kaushal on the Royal Navy's presence in the Gulf

22 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, UK, Maritime Forces

"“The theatre air-defence capabilities of the Type 45, which can intercept cruise missiles over a wide area, can also provide defence against Iranian weapons such as the Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship cruise missile if a crisis did become kinetic,” he said. "

UK deploys destroyer to Arabian Gulf as Iran tensions heighten

12 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces, Middle East and North Africa

""Iran's strategy is to engage in coercive acts short of war, so as to send shock waves primarily through the economy of target states in Europe. Essentially it's a strategy of reminding the rest of the world that it's not just Iran that stands to lose from the Trump administration's strategy of maximum pressure, its them as well." "

Dr Sidharth Kaushal on the Royal Navy in the Gulf

12 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences

"The apparently puzzling Iranian decision to mine tankers in the gulf of Oman and to carry out similar provocations against shipping in ports in the UAE and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia makes more sense if viewed as a means of catalyzing support from states which have an interest in mitigating the maximum pressure strategy and preserving the JCPOA. "

Shutdown Showdown: How the Strait of Hormuz Factors into the U.S.-Iran Crisis

7 July 2019 Tags: Iran, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa

"Finally, the mobilization of amphibious landing vessels, ballistic missile launchers, fighters and bombers, as well as hundreds of thousands of troops, would give Taiwan plenty of advance warning of any attack, Kaushal said. "It's extremely unlikely that the invasion could come as a bolt from the blue," Kaushal added."

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be a bloody, logistical nightmare

24 June 2019 Tags:

"‘The Belgorod will not be part of the Russian Navy per se, meaning its covert and aggressive actions will effectively be deniable. The submarine appears set up for non-attributable Special Forces warfare with its commanders answering directly to the [political] leadership and bypassing the Russian naval command structure.’"

Vladimir Putin's VERY sinister submarine: Latest devastating weapon in Russian leader's arsenal - set to be launched tomorrow - is bristling with deep-sea spy drones and nukes capable of taking out an entire city

21 April 2019 Tags: Russia, Military Sciences, Maritime Forces

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