Introduction The Chesney Gold Medal is an award given by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) awarded to “any especially eminent work calculated to advance the military sciences and knowledge”. The following people have received the Chesney Gold Medal: 1900: Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan USN 1907: Major General Sir John Frederick Maurice 1909: The Hon… Read More
Introduction The International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to build a strong network for the creation, development, exchange and diffusion of research and knowledge about war, conflict management and peace support efforts. The ISMS was founded in October 2008. The Austrian National Defence Academy, the Royal Military… Read More
Introduction Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behaviour, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organised coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing military capability in a manner consistent with national defence policy. Military science serves to identify the strategic,… Read More
Introduction Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence programme in which more than 1,600 Nazi German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959. Conducted by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA), it… Read More
Introduction When thinking about military technology, it can sometimes sound like something out of a sci-fi book. Once authors wrote about night vision, and now it is integral to our mobile phone’s as part of the camera. Drones acted as assassins, now they are working in Hollywood as cameramen. We are not here to buck… Read More
Introduction The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, with a primary mission to produce positioning, navigation and timing for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defence. The observatory is located in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the Northwestern end of Embassy Row.… Read More
Introduction Power projection (or force projection or projection of power) is a term used in military and political science to refer to the capacity of a state to deploy and sustain forces outside its territory. Refer to Soft Power and Hard Power. This ability is a crucial element of a state’s power in international relations.… Read More
