What are the national challenges and opportunities for Australia with respect to future energy; especially for powered flight?
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.
Considerable resources have so far been expended on the RAAF air power education program but few, if any, performance measures are in place to assess whether those resources are being effectively and efficiently employed.
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Middle Power Offensive Air Operations: Insights from Operation Rising LionPeter Layton
April 2021 Air and Space Power Seminar
The Kestrel Papers Series is a compilation of essays written by a number of young military professionals who have endeavoured to study air and spac
