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Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel clear a trench during the section commanders' battle course on Operation KUDU 26. Australian Defence Force personnel have served alongside personnel from Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, the Netherlands and, most recently, Romania; providing expert instruction to more than 3,600 Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel in basic infantry tactics for urban and wooded environments.

What can Australia learn from the Swedish and Canadian approach to defence?

Australia is a maritime, geographically vast, technologically capable, and globally connected nation. These attributes do not guarantee effective national security, but they do provide choice, and Australia is now under increasing pressure to make the right one.

A Code of Ethics for Drone Users

Christian Enemark
University of Southhampton

So You're Posted to CASG - Part I

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Insights From Recent Large-Scale Long-Range Drone and Missile Attacks

Insights From Recent Large-Scale Long-Range Drone and Missile AttacksPeter Layton

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Peter Layton

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Beyond the Future Force

06 Aug 2020

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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.

So You're Posted to CASG - Part III

Welcome once again back on the rollercoaster!

So You're Posted into CASG - An Aviation Engineers and Logistics Perspective

Warrant Officer (WOFF) David Turnbull provided his insight and point of view (Turnbull, 2023) on the struggle of getting the best people into Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG). Whilst it is a great read and the scene is set for further nail-biting episodes, the one standout observable from my point of view is that his theme is focussed on the ability or struggle of encouraging Enlisted Aviators to seek employment within CASG.

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Ian Pinch