Jul 26, 2026 · 57 min · 14 segments
In this episode of The Cove Podcast, host John Hardgrave is joined by the Deputy Chief of Army to examine the return of positional warfare through the lens of Ukraine. The discussion explores…
John HardgraveHostWelcome to The Cove Podcast, your stop for PME on the go.
I'm your host, John Hardgrave, and today we're joined by the Deputy Chief of Army, Major General Chris Smith, to discuss the rise of positional warfare and what it means for the Australian Army.
Across contemporary battlefields, particularly in Ukraine, we are seeing a fight where movement is increasingly difficult.
Soldiers are operating under constant threat from drones, sensors, precision fires, and electronic warfare.
It's a modern contest of endurance, adaption, concealment, resupply, and will.
So in this episode, we're going to explore what the army is seeing on current battlefields, why manoeuvre has become so much harder, and how these lessons might apply to our own region, particularly in the jungle, littoral, and our island chain operations.
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Welcome to The Cove Podcast, your stop for PME on the go.
I'm your host, John Hardgrave, and today we're joined by the Deputy Chief of Army, Major General Chris Smith, to discuss the rise of positional warfare and what it means for the Australian Army.
Across contemporary battlefields, particularly in Ukraine, we are seeing a fight where movement is increasingly difficult.
Soldiers are operating under constant threat from drones, sensors, precision fires, and electronic warfare.
It's a modern contest of endurance, adaption, concealment, resupply, and will.
So in this episode, we're going to explore what the army is seeing on current battlefields, why manoeuvre has become so much harder, and how these lessons might apply to our own region, particularly in the jungle, littoral, and our island chain operations.
