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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.
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.
Air and Space Power Conference 2024: Closing of Conference
The 2024 Air and Space Power Conference focuses on building air and space power capability in the context of the ADF’s capstone concept, integrated
Book Review: Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat
In Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat (Higham & Harris, 2016), historians Robin Higham and Stephen Harris assemble a team of experts to investigate examples of failure and defeat in the application of air power. Overall, Why Air Forces Fail is an interesting and important book because it analyses the reasons why air forces have suffered defeat and failure. It draws some important lessons in this regard, and it provides an excellent resource for those studying air power.
So You're Posted to CASG - Part IV
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So You're Posted to CASG - Part II
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Low Cost Mass-Produced Drones: a Tactical Advantage
Air Marshal Chipman, former Chief of the Air Force, announced on the eve of the 2023 Avalon Air Show that Australia needs to consider and invest in low-cost mass-produced (LCMP) drones.
Developing a Sustainable Aviation Transition Strategy in India
Developing a Sustainable Aviation Transition Strategy in IndiaAdithya VariathJindal Global University
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