Australia’s northern air bases are vital to national defence, yet improving their resilience remains a work in progress. And the progress is incremental.
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Australia needs a dedicated aerospace testing range, and it should be in the Northern Territory. Developing aircraft, missiles and their equipment, and verifying new capabilities added to them, requires real-world testing in large airspaces equipped …
Australia’s northern air bases are vital to national defence, yet improving their resilience remains a work in progress. And the progress is incremental. This isn’t a new task. The 2023 Defence Strategic Review (DSR), putting …
Australia hosts several joint Australian-American facilities and provides the US with privileged access to a range of functions that are performed at Australian facilities. As a consequence, Australia is deeply integrated into US strategies of …
Capacity constraints in the construction industry and its reluctance to take on defence contracts are threatening the building up of northern and western defence bases, a key element of the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS). …