A Question of Choice and Strategy: Australia’s F-35 Acquisition
Limited by resources and size the F-35 was the best, and largely only, option available to the ADF that guaranteed long term defense interests.
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So You're Posted to CASG - Part III
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China's Enduring Grey Zone Challenge
China's current and evolving grey zone activities in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and Ladakh region
Chief of Air Force Symposium 2023 Opening Addresses and Keynote Speaker
Welcome to the live recordings of the Chief of Air Force Symposium 2023:
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Air Commodore Michael Durant, Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Robert Chipman, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, The Hon. Richard Marles, Air Marshal Edward Stringer, Royal Air Force (Retired)
5th Generation Air C2 and ISR
5th Generation Air C2 and ISR provides tangible recommendations about improving Air C2 and ISR systems, their integration, collaboration and I
Chief of Air Force Symposium 2023 Panel 1 - Boosting Capability Development and Delivery
Panel 1: Boosting Capability Development and Delivery
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Group Captain Michael Burgess-Orton, Mr Chris Deeble, Air Vice-Marshal Wendy Blyth, Air Vice-Marshal Leon Phillips, Major General Andrew Bottrell
Asymmetry and Air Power: Exquisite Investment or Extraneous Irrelevance
The RAAF has evolved as an Air Force based on the lessons of 20th century Air Power to become a ‘model’ mid-sized Air Force with an exquisite, mode
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Group Captain David Millar
Development of an ADF Integrated Air and Missile Capability to Combat Advanced Air and Missile Threats - 2019 Wrigley Prize Winner
Access to foreign bases has long been a critical enabler of the ADF, and ongoing access will be key to Australia’s future security. In the past, these Forward Operating Bases (FOB) were considered relatively secure, however continual improvements to the range and accuracy of missiles acquired by adversarial militaries have made these bases attractive targets, being the seemingly soft underbelly of western militaries.
In order to continue utilisation of FOBs, and to guarantee the safety of deployed forces, the ADF cannot remain idle to the threat of advanced air and missile attacks. As such Australia must look to develop its Air and Missile Defence (AMD) capabilities in order to remain secure in future operations.
The aim of the essay is to discuss a range of AMD design and operating concepts to inform the development of an ADF Integrated AMD (IAMD) capability.
This essay will be structured into four key areas: western nations’ historical and future reliance on FOBs to project power; the emerging threat of powerful state and non-state actors; Australia’s response to emerging air and missile threats; and, IAMD design and operational concepts in an Australian context.
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