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Threats and Vulnerabilities: Where Should the Australia’s Defence Focus Lie?

05/19/2020
By Scott Graham Lovell

 Australia is the largest and most resource-rich island in the Asia-Pacific region. It exports more raw…

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Global Maritime Patrol Enterprise

05/18/2020
By Defense.info

In this report, we bring together recently published articles we have generated with regard to the…

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The Consequences of Transformed Logistics: The Impact of Autonomous Systems

05/18/2020
By David Beaumont

Western militaries, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), have been exploiting semi-autonomous systems for years. It…

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Putting COVID-19 In Perspective

05/17/2020
By Murielle Delaporte

COVID-19 is understandingly scaring many people. There has been an ongoing battle of figures – real…

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The Return of Direct Defense in Europe: In Post-COVID 19 World

05/17/2020
By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte

The challenge of direct defense in Europe posed prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union…

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10th Anniversary of Wedgetail’s Entry Into Service

05/17/2020
By RAAF

2020 marks the 10th Anniversary of the E-7A Wedgetail’s introduction into RAAF Service The Royal Australian…

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Egypt’s Third Gowind Class Corvette

05/17/2020
By defenceWeb

The Egyptian Navy has launched its third locally built Gowind class corvette, which was constructed at…

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North Korea’s Response to the Pandemic? Fire off Some Cruise Missiles

05/17/2020
By Debalina Ghoshal

While the rest of the world is focused on the COVID-19 crisis, North Korea in April…

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U.S. Support for the Barkhane Operation: A Case Study in Effective U.S.-Allied Cooperation

05/15/2020
By Murielle Delaporte

A few months ago the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced a broad review process in…

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Enhancing European Defense and Security Capabilities: EU SatCom Market Initiative

05/13/2020
By Defense.info Media Team

The European Defence Agency launched a “EU Satellite Communications Market” project in 2012 but in 2017…

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Defense Decisions
11/03/2026
By Robbin Laird

From Lead Nation to Contributing Node: If the Report Is Accurate, Europe’s Admirals Are Planning a North Atlantic With Less Royal Navy

If the report is accurate, the most important thing about a quiet meeting of European admirals in Paris this week is not who was in the room but whose ships…

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11/03/2026
By Robbin Laird

What Ukraine’s Organizational Innovation Teaches the Impact Force

When I Marine Expeditionary Force ran Steel Knight 2025, participants referred to the war in Ukraine again and again. But they did not treat it as a tactical template. The…

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11/03/2026
By Kenneth Maxwell

Europe Erupts: The Portuguese Dimension

The Rossio Square in central Lisbon is one of the Portuguese capital’s great attractions. Rebuilt by the Marques de Pombal after the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 it has in…

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09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

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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The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

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Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

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11/03/2026
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Telling the Adversary Just Enough: Ghost Shark and Deterrence by Disclosure

On 19 October, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy revealed three capabilities of the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle: laying sea mines, launching Altius aerial drones, and carrying underwater supplies.…

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Reflections on Fifth Generation and the Challenge of Understudying Airpower Transformation

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