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01 Dec 2022

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Pointless or Populism?

This article began as a response to Daniel Cook’s recent article on ‘Turning the Tap Off – Stopping the Flow of Pointless Jobs in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)’ (Cook, 2023); as such, it will address some of the points raised in that article within the context a broader trend towards what I term ‘military populism’.

Decreasing Reliance on Fossil Fuels to Increase Defence Capability

Benjamin Cole
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What is Air Force’s contribution to Joint Force Effects - both domestically and internationally?

Like all aspects of the ADF, the Air Force has the need to contribute and enable Australia’s larger national power strategies.

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Air/Space

21 Nov 2022

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Effective Diplomacy Encompasses the ADF

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Drone Swarms and their Potential within the Australian Defence Force

The onset of the war in Ukraine saw one of the most dramatic shifts in combined arms warfare since the introduction of the machine gun. This shift is attributed to the wide scale introduction of drones to the modern battlefield (Kagan et al, 2024). Principally the conflict is demonstrating drones pioneering new capabilities in reconnaissance, close air support and strategic strike with virtually zero risk to the operator.

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