Tag Archive for: "third offset strategy"
What can supercomputers tell us about the Third Offset?

Paraphrased, the US Third Offset strategy runs something like ‘bolstering US conventional deterrence through technological and operational innovation’. The strategy hinges on innovation, and sees the integration of autonomy into weapon systems and organisational constructs …

The ephemeral offset strategy

As a long term critic of the ‘silver bullet’ approach to military capability development, Gareth Robinson’s recent piece on the Third Offset Strategy got me thinking. Given the wealth of technical capability and capacity within …

The third offset: opportunities for Australia

The US Department of Defense’s third offset strategy has prompted much discussion since it was first announced in November 2014. The strategy, which has been allocated a US$18 billion budget, aims to ‘offset’ growing Chinese …