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Rapid Force Projection - Conference Proceedings
Multiple challenges are coming fast and simultaneously creating a future operational environment of unprecedented complexity. For example:
Seven Perennial Challenges to Air Forces
This publication is out of print.
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.
Air Force or Air Corps? Does New Zealand need an independent air force in a joint environment?
This is not a Game - Wargaming for the Royal Australian Air Force
Wargaming will never 'prove' anything or predict an outcome with certainty. It is merely a means of studying a problem and highlighting or exploring important issues. It will never be a substitute for actual operational experience.