The Kestrel Papers 2025 - A Selection of Essays on Air Power
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
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Space as a Strategic Geography
Space as a Strategic Geography
Pete Wooding
Australian Defence Force
Royal Australian Air Force and 3D Printing: Co-Creating for the Future Workforce
Imagining potential futures where we create advantage through collaboration.
Airbases: Now. Then. Always. (Part 1)
Airbases do not feature significantly in the history of air power unless they are denied.
RAAF Air Power Conference 1992: The Qualitative Edge - A Role for Air Power in Regional Cooperation
As a platform for addressing current and prospective regional security concerns, this book provides a valuable contribution to exploring ideas and furthering dialogue in an area of vital concern to future regional security
Existential Choices: Climate Change and You!
Introduction
Professional Military Learning
The New Zealand Defence Force needs a better way of educating its most senior officers in New Zealand-specific security issues.
Multinational Mercenaries: The Dangers of Private Sector Operational Involvements
Matthew ThorntonAustralian Defence ForceWhen a drone from an adversary attacks an office in Amberley, how many of our industry partners will show u
The Temptation To Go Beyond Conventional Long-Range Strike
The Temptation To Go Beyond Conventional Long-Range Strike
Daniel Cook
Australian Defence Force
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.
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