The University of Plymouth through the Centre for Sea Power and Strategy (CSS) was the only British academic institution which was invited to participate for the first time in the “Shared Awareness and De-confliction for the Mediterranean Sea” (SHADE MED) https://www.operationirini.eu/event/shade-med-2021/ Conference which took place in Rome between the 7-8 October. SHADE MED is a… Continue reading CLIMATE CHANGE AND MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY
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UK SPACE COMMAND GOES BOLDLY WHERE THE UK HAS GONE BEFORE
The UK Ministry of Defence has just announced establishment of its fledgling Space Command, with the intent to commence launching its own rockets from the UK in 2022. To this ends has appointed UK Space Command Senior Military Official Commander, Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey OBE, MA, FRAeS BY CHRIS LAVERS The UK Space Command is… Continue reading UK SPACE COMMAND GOES BOLDLY WHERE THE UK HAS GONE BEFORE
SATELLITE-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING
Today, environmental stresses on resources are not the only factors involved in natural, or man-made, societal destabilisation. Societal infrastructure composes many important and often inter-related categories: water, food, health services, emergency services, environmental protection, and electricity, etc., where large-scale disruption could be devastating especially to complex urban mega-cities. However, to military and civilian crisis management… Continue reading SATELLITE-BASED DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING
SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE
By Chris Lavers Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of microspace missions for over 21 years, has announced a new line of high-performance, low-cost CubeSat buses. The 3U (“THUNDER”), 6U (“SPARTAN”) and 12U/16U (“JAEGER”) CubeSats complement SFL’s legacy suite of space-heritage nano-satellites and micro-satellites, fulfilling mission size requirements from 3 kg to 500 kg.… Continue reading SPACE FLIGHT LABORATORY ANNOUNCES NEW LINE OF COST-EFFECTIVE CUBESATS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT SATELLITE MISSION RANGE
DARTMOUTH CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY STAFF MEMBER ACHIEVES PRESTIGIOUS OXFORD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
DR CHRISTOPHER LAVERS, a Plymouth University at BRNC Engineering Faculty member, has just started a Visiting Fellowship at the Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College Oxford, successful against strong global competition. Chris obtained approval for his research proposal Comparative Evaluation of Ethical Smart Sensing Environmental UAV Platform Design, for Military and Civilian Applications from… Continue reading DARTMOUTH CENTRE FOR SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY STAFF MEMBER ACHIEVES PRESTIGIOUS OXFORD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP
DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
By Chris Lavers * In recent weeks there has been a lot of television and internet footage of widespread Chinese drone use in a range of COVID-19 related applications. Many have seen YouTube video footage [1] showing food and vegetables, being delivered by drones to ‘quarantined’ residents. In Zhejiang, province in Eastern China, the local… Continue reading DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
DEEPWATER HORIZON A DECADE ON, AND DCSS’s 2020 VISION FOR SENSORS ENGINEERED FOR MARINE POLLUTION DETECTION
By Christopher Lavers Crude oils, fuels and petroleum derivatives and their decay products clearly adversely impact earth’s natural environment. It is now almost exactly a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, yet recent published research from the University of Miami [1] has shown a toxic and invisible oil spill spread… Continue reading DEEPWATER HORIZON A DECADE ON, AND DCSS’s 2020 VISION FOR SENSORS ENGINEERED FOR MARINE POLLUTION DETECTION
NATO ΑNNOUNCES FIRST COVID-19 STAFF INFECTION
Α decade on, are there lessons to be learned from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull’s eruption and past SARS infections to predict the scale of COVID-19’s global impact? As of 9th March 2020 NATO has confirmed that one NATO staff member working at NATO’s HQ in Brussels tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member came back from a… Continue reading NATO ΑNNOUNCES FIRST COVID-19 STAFF INFECTION
RIYADH FACES NEW SETBACK IN SOUTH YEMEN
Source: Al Monitor By Bruce Riedel The victory of South Yemeni secessionists in Aden is another humiliating setback for the Saudi war effort and its commander Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi-backed government of Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has lost its capital, further undermining its shaky claims to legitimacy. The Saudis’ closest ally, the… Continue reading RIYADH FACES NEW SETBACK IN SOUTH YEMEN
CHINA’S REPORTED ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS A BIG DEAL
Source: The Drive By Joseph Trevithick China has reportedly carried out at least one anti-ship ballistic missile test in the hotly contested South China Sea as part of a larger exercise. If true, it would be the first time the Chinese military has carried out this kind of activity in this region that we know… Continue reading CHINA’S REPORTED ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS A BIG DEAL