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.
Air and Space Power Conference 2024 Transcript Panel Session Building Ready and Resilient People to Enable Air and Space OperationsLive Transcripts
Is the Australian Society Ready for Mass information Warfare?
Elliot Parker
Australian Defence Force
The Indo-Pacific is facing increased and intersecting geopolitical, climate-related and health security risks.
Introduction
Introduction (Siovahn Daly)
Can the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) correctly prioritise jointness?
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.
