*** *** *** *** DEFENCE CAREERS IN Wednesday, January 20, 2010 jobs.telegraph.co.uk/ca The Daily Telegraph GETTY Winning ways: building good relations with local populations in conflict zones is likely to become more of a priority as the Government shifts its emphasis towards early intervention and conflict prevention Military might would not have stopped the Detroit bomber, who tried and failed to blow up a civilian aircraft by detonating a bomb in his underpants on Christmas Day 2009. But soft power the use of intelligence sharing, influence activity and international co-operation could arguably have prevented Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ever getting on the plane. When it comes to defence, the future is looking a lot softer thats according to Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth, who recently September 2009 outlined the Governments new priorities in the wake of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review. While there will be a need for muscle movements, Ainsworth added that the timely application of soft power and methods of conflict prevention will be a high priority. This shift in focus is an inevitable consequence of the rise of asymmetric warfare and violent extremist movements with global reach. The human face of conflict is changing, and combatants are just as likely to be radicalised suicide bombers as enemy soldiers in uniform. War will be fought in new theatres such as in cyberspace, said Ainsworth. So what effect will this shift in approach have on career opportunities? Soft power, with its emphasis on early intervention to help prevent a crisis developing, can run with a leaner, more efficient military. This is fortunate, since a new report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank suggests that the UKs number of trained service personnel is projected to fall by around 20 per cent: from 175,000 in 2010 to around 142,000 in 2016. In the absence of a fundamental change in strategic orientation, and even allowing for further efficiency savings, Soft skills deliver strong results Using intelligence-gathering tactics and diplomacy, soft power looks set to play an increasingly vital role in the future of defence. Thea Jourdan examines where the new job opportunities will occur projected reductions in budgets and personnel will require large reductions in the number of front-line capabilities, writes report author Professor Malcolm Chalmers. There will be a greater need for diplomacy, which is how soft power works at the top end of the scale, and intelligence gathering. At the sharp end, smaller numbers of men and women serving in the armed forces will increasingly be called upon to deliver the hearts and minds of people involved in conflict. In the future, efficient and effective armed forces will need to engage in a multi-agency approach to achieve the results that are required. Military units heading to conflict zones already include teams of specialists in civil-military co-operation who work with local populations and agencies to bring about rapid reconstruction and development. The shift in focus is already having an effect on the defence industry, too. Admiral Rees Ward, chief executive of ADS, the UKs AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade body, says that the industry has been horizon watching for some time. What we are seeing is companies investing in developing technology that will assist in the process of intelligence gathering or surveillance, for example. The UK satellite industry, represented by EADS Astrium, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and many others, has been growing at an average rate of nine per cent per year for the last decade a direct consequence of the change. Intelligence gathering is vital for effective diplomacy, says Ward. If you know what the other side is thinking, you have the advantage, therefore, there is a race to find the best ways to listen in. British companies are also at the forefront of the development of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), which can carry out reconnaissance over danger zones without putting lives at risk. QinetiQs UAV, Zephyr, has already been trialled by the US Department of Defense and could play an important role in allowing discreet round-the- clock surveillance. Solar-powered, Zephyr has the potential to stay airborne for months at a time and is less vulnerable to changes in weather conditions, since it flies close to the stratosphere. Its also less visible from the ground. Zephyr will obviously have great potential in a military context, says Andy Boyd, a director in QinetiQs Consulting Sector. But, besides that, it will also be able to stream back images and data which can help to support civilian agencies conducting development programmes in difficult environments, as well as organisations such as the UN for disaster-relief operations. Many defence companies are now actively exploring the potential for disaster relief applications for their technology. Just one such example is General Dynamics UK, the company that has just agreed a contract with the Ministry of Defence to supply 14 hi-tech temperature- controlled medical storage facilities, which will help front-line medics to treat the wounded. In the future, however, the Bulk Medical Storage Facility (BMSF) could also be used for civilian casualties or people caught up in natural disasters, such as the one currently playing out in Haiti. Each container, which can be dropped into remote areas from the back of a C-130 Hercules aircraft or slung under Chinook helicopters, can hold a volume of blood products equivalent to that of a small hospital blood bank and is designed to work in extremes of temperature. General Dynamics UK makes a whole range of these containerised solutions, providing capability such as control centres, medical posts and equipment drops for clean-up operations. With its multiple usages, the future of soft power appears to be a bright one. We are looking at ways to adapt our existing technologies to the needs of soft power, and we are working on all aspects of it and thinking about ways we can respond with new innovations such as BMSF, says Professor Christopher Elliott, who is director of doctrine and strategy at the General Dynamics UK Research Foundation, a think-tank that looks at the future of defence. 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