Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force
application of aerospace power has seen significant developments since 1994, most notably through American-led operations in Central Europe and Afghanistan, and continuing technological advances with weapons, uninhabited vehicles, space-based systems and information systems.
Can the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) correctly prioritise jointness?
Air power is distinguished from sea and land power by its flexibility, speed, ubiquity, range and shock effect. These characteristics give air power a unique ability to concentrate force
and manoeuvre rapidly over long distances
Unlike defensive air operations which are reactive, offensive air operations are undertaken where and when an air force chooses.
Multiple challenges are coming fast and simultaneously creating a future operational environment of unprecedented complexity. For example:
Ensuring that logistics support is organised as a single, coherent system that removes duplication and assists in the provision of a consistent, comprehensive and complementary flow of logistics support through each of the levels of war to enable the effective application of air power.
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