The Australian Defence Force is on the brink of a transformative shift in its airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the imminent introduction into service of the MQ-4C Triton, an unarmed, high-altitude and …
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The Australian government has committed to spending $5 billion on procuring a land-based long-range strike capability, which will almost certainly be the US-produced High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, better known as HIMARS. This investment, under …
There’s no shortage of rhetoric about Australia’s changing strategic environment, and the key thread is that the possibility of major conflict in our region can no longer be considered remote. More likely than a great-power …
In a 1974 article in Aeroplane Monthly, a former Royal Air Force maritime patrol pilot wrote this about his experience flying in World War II: During a period of 1,200 operational hours flown over a …
Hugh White’s latest book has stimulated an important debate on the defence capabilities needed to preserve Australia as a sovereign state. In the recent posts on this subject on The Strategist, there’s been recognition of …