Sidharth Kaushal

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The Oreshnik Ballistic Missile: From Russia with Love?

Dec 10, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal |Matthew Savill

The launch on the morning of 21 November of what Ukrainian President Zelenskyy claimed was a Russian weapon with ‘all the characteristics’ of an intercontinental ballistic missile spurred concerns about nuclear escalation, especially after dramatic footage emerged of multiple projectiles striking Dnipro.
Russia’s Sarmat Test Failure: Implications for the Strategic Balance

Oct 22, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

The failure of Russia’s recent RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile test points to potential propulsion issues, complicating Moscow’s strategic deterrent and future nuclear balance calculations. On 24 September 2024, Russia conducted a test of the RS-28 Sarmat heavy liquid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which was likely a catastrophic failure. Satellite imagery showed heavy damage to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome as well as fires in the woods surrounding the test site.
First Steps Towards Realising Integration as a Service

Aug 30, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

Dr Sidharth KaushalLong ReadRead Full Report(PDF 288KB)This conference report is based on the discussions at a one-day workshop held in September 2023 to identify early opportunities to set the conditions for integration across the joint force. OverviewThis conference report is based on the discussions which occurred during a one-day workshop held in September 2023 at RUSI’s headquarters in London, attended by a range of representatives from defence companies and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Optimising the Readiness of the UK Astute Fleet

Aug 27, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

The readiness of the UK’s fleet of nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) has been a source of enduring concern over the previous half decade. With five Astute-class SSNs currently in service (less than half of what the UK had at the end of the Cold War), the Royal Navy fields fewer submarines than has been the case at any given time in recent history.
Lessons from the Black and Red Sea on the Use and Design of Future Fleets

Aug 9, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

What can the Royal Navy learn from ongoing conflicts in the Black Sea and Red Sea regarding the future employment and design of its assets? As the Royal Navy digests the lessons it can derive from recent events at sea both above and below the threshold of open conflict, it can make several deductions regarding the navy’s employment and operations. First, engagements in both the Black and Red Sea carry some lessons regarding the nature of sea control.
Lessons for the Royal Navy’s Future Operations from the Black and Red Sea

Jul 26, 2024 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

As the Royal Navy proceeds with its recapitalisation programme, what lessons can it draw regarding future threats from the conflicts in the Red Sea and Black Sea? Over the last two years, warfare at sea has been conducted at a higher level of intensity than has been seen for decades.
Europe’s Marines in the Future European Littoral Operating Environment

Feb 5, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Sidharth Kaushal

In the early 20th century, following the Battle of Gallipoli in which entrenched Turkish forces inflicted considerable losses on a more powerful allied army and fleet, the future of amphibious warfare was called into question by many thinkers and practitioners. Not long after, then-Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal was “a Marine Corps for the next 500 years” in the wake of the U.S victory at Iwo Jima.
The Russian Challenge to Europe’s Gas Supplies this Winter and Beyond

Dec 8, 2023 | rusi.org | René Balletta |Sidharth Kaushal |Dan Marks

A more dramatic escalation that would likely have deeper and more widespread consequences would be an attack on one of the major pipelines carrying gas from Norway to mainland Europe or the UK. Such an attack would be significantly more challenging than an attack on the Baltic Pipe because of the potential requirement for the use of bespoke capabilities owned and operated by the GUGI, which Western navies likely pay a considerable degree of attention to.
How Can NATO Overcome Russia’s Black Sea Blockade?

Aug 11, 2023 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

Secondly, a more concerted effort could be made to identify and interdict the grey shipping upon which Russia’s own economy depends. Though it is politically and legally challenging to seize vessels on the high seas, states with territorial waters that straddle transit chokepoints can deny these vessels access if they are not suitably insured against environmental risks.
Stalking the Seabed: How Russia Targets Critical Undersea Infrastructure

May 25, 2023 | rusi.org | Sidharth Kaushal

The recent disclosure of Russian naval activity in the vicinity of key maritime infrastructure in the North Sea including cables, windfarms and pipelines should not necessarily come as a surprise. Russia has spent a considerable amount of effort investing in capabilities that would allow it to pose a threat to European critical infrastructure, and has viewed this as an imperative since the Soviet era.