Item category 2: POINTER Articles

It is an unspoken fact that negativity and cynicism are damaging to many of the activities conducted within the military. The author, with examples from psychological studies and various cognitive experiments, claims that positivity can improve one’s mental prowess—stating how important this is f...

In the modern world today, countries would have a defence force to deter opposing threats and to help other countries with operations, such as peacekeeping and humanitarian aid, which enables the country to be fullspectrum capable. In this essay, the author defines what full-spectrum capability i...

Global intelligence communities are wrestling with the tidal changes that are happening around the world, coming to terms with the rapid pace of change that has come to characterise the 21st century. These changes have been exacerbated by globalisation, which has caused tremendous changes in the ...

Technological advancement has ushered in an era of network-centric warfare where cyberspace plays an instrumental role in military operations. Due to its integral nature to modern militaries, cyberspace offers the ideal platform on which military operators can conduct their missions. Cyber warfar...

The potential threat of cyber-attacks has been a subject of concern for military and national security. Especially in the United States, cyber threat is deemed as a crucial problem that could compromise the security of a nation and is regarded as ‘acts of war’. There have been known cases of atta...

In today’s day and age of increasing modernity, when technology on all fronts such as entertainment gadgets and military equipment are undergoing constant cycles of improvement and upgrading, it is not surprising that people’s dependency on such technology will only increase further. This is part...

This essay explores the possibilities of Biomimicry and how it can be harnessed by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The usage of metallurgy in modern militaries appears to be devoid of a central essence and is often more a means to an end. Metallurgy works in binary terms; they either destroy or...

Following the success of the British insurgency during the Malayan Emergency, there has been a countless host of works aimed at uncovering the ‘lessons’ to be learnt from their victory in Malaya. This essay explores whether the lessons learnt from the case of the Malayan Emergency, are indeed a p...