Shaping Australian Missile Defense Capabilities: The Key Role of Industrial and ADF Alignment
The 2016 Defence White Paper categorically states “our most basic Strategic Defence Interest is a secure,…
Read More »Israeli Capabilities and Crafting Australian Active Defenses
Israel is a nation under constant threat, and has developed very advanced defensive capabilities including an…
Read More »The Combat Cloud at the Heart of the Future Combat Air System
Paris – A ministerial signing ceremony at the June 17 opening of the Paris air show…
Read More »French Investments in Laser Weapons: ONERA at the Paris Air Show 2019
Paris – France is poised to invest 10s of millions of euros into research and development…
Read More »Warlords Series 14: The Warlords in Canberra, 2014
I have attended the Williams Foundation seminars in Canberra, Australia since 2014. The RAAF and the…
Read More »Warlords Series 11: The B as a Strategic Asset
Following our visit to MCAS Beaufort and to the USS Wasp, it was time to reflect…
Read More »Warlords Series 7: Secretary Wynne Visits the 33rd Fighter Wing and Looks Ahead for the F-35 Program, 2013
This article was first published on September 10, 2013 and that original article follows: Recently, I…
Read More »Warlords Series 2: The Transition from Eglin to Beaufort
In a story which we first published on July 12, 2014, we highlighted the transition of…
Read More »Combat Today: Kill Webs, and Fighting at the Speed of Light
We are facing threats and challenges from key strategic competitors right now. Talking about the force…
Read More »Fourteen Days In Haiti: A USMC Perspective On the Osprey Impact, 2010
10/17/2010 Late August 2010, Second Line of Defense met with pilots, and maintainers of the Osprey…
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