An Australian Space Industrial Base – Grand Strategy or Strategy of Grandeur?
It’s a pivotal moment to be engaged in the space sector in Australia.
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Darin Lovett
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Evolution of Air Bases - Darwin Revisted
Evolution of Air Bases - Darwin Revisted
David Miller
Australian Defence Force
How well does the workforce understand Air Force’s contribution to national power?
Effective realisation of national power in support of Australia’s national interests requires all Aviators to have a clear understanding of their c
Sailors, Soldiers and ??? - Building an Air Force Identity
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is changing.
Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force
Conventional Deterrence and National Security
Deterrence existed long before nuclear weapons were invented and has been a feature of relations between antagonistic tribes and states since such relationships first existed. The concept of deterrence, convincing an adversary not to carry out an undesirable action by threatening them with harm, is widely understood and applied in military and nonmilitary contexts.
Defence Strategic Review and Adapt: Implementing DSR as a Wargame
Defence Strategic Review and Adapt: Implementing DSR as a Wargame
David Hood
Australian Defence Force
Living and Thriving Under Ambiguity
Living and Thriving Under Ambiguity
Luke Houghton and Jennifer Loy
Griffith University
Swarms of Trouble: The Hidden Threat of Consumer UAVs
Technology usually follows a certain progression – first the device gets more features before it reduces in size. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) fill this description perfectly, and we have yet to come up with an adequate defence for them.
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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