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Platforms, Concepts of Operations and Defense Decisions: The Australian ARH Decision

11/07/2020
By Robbin Laird

As the Australian Defence Force shapes its future, one focused significantly on its neighborhood, and expeditionary…

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The Challenge of Missile Defence

11/07/2020
By Robert Vine

Advanced missile threats (AMT), characterised by payloads that achieve manoeuvrable flight profiles and speeds above Mach…

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The Australian ARH Replacement Program: Conclusions

11/07/2020
By Robbin Laird

The Australian Department of Defence has indicated several times over the past few years, both in…

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The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: Meeting the 21st Century Authoritarian Challenge

11/07/2020
By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte

We have just published our latest book which is entitled, The Return of Direct Defense in…

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Australian Army Strategic Assessment: Fall 2020

11/06/2020
By Australian Army Research Centre

There is a widespread lack of confidence in data concerning the impact of COVID-19, warranting ‘warlike’ government…

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SMX 31 E Submarine Concept

11/06/2020
By Naval Group

French naval shipbuilding Naval Group has unveiled its newest submarine concept, named SMX 31 E, at…

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The Australian Tiger Replacement Decision: What About an Unmanned Capability?

11/06/2020
By Marcus Hellyer

It’s commonplace in commentary about the Australian Defence Force to say that its force structure looks…

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China’s European Strategy

11/05/2020
By John Varano

Established in 2012, the 17+1 initiative was Beijing’s flagship effort to promote China’s economic relations with…

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The Australian ARH Replacement Program: The Viper Option

11/05/2020
By Robbin Laird

BAE Systems is leading “Team Zulu Viper” in the Australian ARH competition. Here is their presentation…

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The Australian ARH Replacement Program: Putting the Viper Option Into Strategic Context

11/04/2020
By Robbin Laird

Unlike Andrew Mathewson, Managing Director, Airbus Australia Pacific, I do not think all three options —…

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10/18/2026
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France Goes It Alone on a Sixth-Generation Fighter

Four months after the collapse of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) it had pursued for years with Germany and Spain, France has set out its own path to a…

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10/18/2026
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An Odyssey, Not a Career: Navigating the Age of Chaos

There is a moment early in my conversation with Stephen Kuper on Defence Connect’s Contested Ground podcast when he asks me a routine question, the kind any interviewer asks a…

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The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

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A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

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The Age of Chaos: Kill Web Warfare, Authoritarian Coercion, and the Democratic Advantage

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Microsoft’s Investment Positions Australia as Regional Digital Node: If Policy Keeps Pace

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Combat Depth, Not Just Mass: Collaborative Combat Aircraft and the Australian Industrial Base

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The most useful argument at the Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s seminar on air combat mass and depth in Canberra on 1 October was not about aircraft. It was about what kind of enterprise Australia needs behind its aircraft if collaborative combat platforms are to

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