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Defence Strategic Review and Adapt: Implementing DSR as a Wargame

David Hood
Australian Defence Force

Stick with me now—we are nearly there! For those of you still with me, welcome back.

The main theme of the 2026 Air and Space Power Conference was “building fighting depth” and the Aviator Symposium was “the airminded warfighter.” However, a question that came up repeatedly during the event was “what success actually looks like”? Instead of asking what success looks like now, ask what it would look like decades from now if these ideas had truly taken hold.

James O’KeefeAustralian Defence Force 

Introduction

Australia’s Strategic Defence Update 2020 sets Australia’s Defence priorities to our near region, including the South West Pacific and near north.