Air Power Seminar: Scenarios for China’s Future Military Presence in the Indian Ocean Region
In this seminar Dr David Brewster from the Australian National University will speak on China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean Region and how
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Swarms of Trouble: The Hidden Threat of Consumer UAVs
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The Weaponisation of Toys and Implications for the Air Force
The 'poor man's air force' is a term for employing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hobbyist drones or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to strategic level military effect, and that effect cannot be understated (Waters, 2018; Nadeau, 2022; Shift, 2023). The ability for terror organisations to coordinate multiple layers of effects, including using COTS drones, to destroy Command and Control (C2) nodes in Israel causes alarm. Couple this with the use of COTS drones for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, strike and battle-damage assessment missions, and the threat posed by what are essentially toys is alarmingly real.
In the Bear's Shadow: Russian Intervention in Syria
In September 2015, Russia sent its military forces to Syria in response to a request by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for help to suppress a civ
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