The Central Blue interviewed Major General Mick Ryan, Commander Australian Defence College (ADC) about his thoughts on the importance of ...

The next contribution in our #Scifi, #AI and the future of war series comes from Michael Spencer, who reviewed the 1970 movie; Colossus: The

Carl Rhodes joins us to look at the artificial intelligence, autonomy, and human-machine teaming implications for Philip Dick’s 1968 book Do

We welcome Andrew Cruickshank to our #Scifi #AI series with his review of Charles Stross’ 2006 book, Accelerando that explores the notion of

We are very pleased to welcome Mick Ryan to the #SciFi #AI series with his short story about Jason and the Augo-Strats.

We welcome Mark O’Neill to launch our #scifi #AI series with his review of Ray Bradbury’s 1951 classic, Fahrenheit 451.

Reading science fiction drives us to think about the future and frees us from the constraints of the present, allowing us to see the trends

Brian Weston - culmination of these developments saw, by 1959, 50% of Australia’s operational fighter force (two squadrons CAC Sabre

Two thousand eighteen has been another busy year for The Central Blue as we continue to pursue the blog’s aims of fostering informed discuss

On 24 October 2018, the Australian Defence College (ADC) hosted a Profession of Arms Seminar entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and

On 24 October 2018, the Australian Defence College (ADC) hosted a Profession of Arms Seminar entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence, Robotics...

We debrief Air Commodore Joe ‘Vinny’ Iervasi on what lies ahead for Australian airmen. Our debriefs consist of eight standard questions and

The Malayan Emergency foreshadowed the long timescales involved in conducting counter-insurgency warfare

Editorial Note: There is no doubt that people are our greatest asset and the key to fully realising a fifth-generation Air Force. We are...

China is developing and deploying a broad-based long-range precision strike capability that will in the near-term enable Beijing to project

30 September 2018 This paper was presented to the Williams Foundation Air Power Seminar on Joint Strike and Deterrence, 23 August 2018 at...

It was the declaration, on 18 June 1948, of the commencement of the Malayan Emergency following the murder of three British estate managers

Chris McInnes explores the role of cognition in warfare and asks whether we understand the types of cognition needed in the future, and what

Robert Vine continues his exploration of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) future challenges and options for controlling the air by

Since 2014, the Williams Foundation has held a series of seminars, which have looked at the nature of military transformation enabled by new