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Chapter Two: Defence and military analysis

Defence intelligence
Maintaining relevance in the open-source era
Defence intelligence organisations are generally less

Defence intelligence organisations should start

insights to support both policy and operational deci

The growth of ‘open source’


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The data explosion

Ways of adapting
Improved technology
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of technology raises other issues that need to be

Access and ethos

each side holding the other to account for their contri

Classified sources

the process cannot necessarily be as agile as an analyst

The importance of training

the analyst still has to use the analytical process to


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Allies and burden-sharing

not to collect and instead rely on a partner country to

Developing genuine all-source analysis

face defence intelligence organisations around the


Simulation and defence
Training benefits and trends

that nothing can fully prepare personnel for the actual

Simulation and training


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Live/synthetic balance

aircraft cannot easily train and test their full capabili

Viking

Simulation types

Fidelity
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International trends

Technological advances
reduce the cost and duration of training are progres
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enabling authorities to rebalance resources as neces

Training and the pandemic


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Future simulation
Ender’s Game

Ender’s Game

guidance and instruction to the protagonist and his


Beyond training

preparation but is also supporting a broad range of

Tempest
Military adaptation to climate change
Reducing emissions and maintaining
military effectiveness

. The armed forces and decarbonisation

Mitigating the impact of climate change on


military effectiveness
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Decarbonising military equipment

Near-term steps
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