RAAF Air Power Conference 1991: Smaller but Larger: Conventional Air Power into the 21st Century
If we are to meet our obligations as professional airmen, we must continue to question, examine and restate our fundamental beliefs.
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National Power: Junior Leaders View on “Grey-Zone” Activities Impacting Australia
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Airbases: Now. Then. Always. (Part 2)
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The Power of Many - The Human Factor and Air Power
The nature of war demands attention to the human factor above any other single factor.
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.
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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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