French Agency ONERA and the Future Combat Air Systems Project
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On January 27th, 1967, on the cusp of launching the United States to the forefront of…
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There’s a constant in Australian defence: not enough people. In peacetime, the defence organisation’s difficulties with…
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I read with interest the recent Strategist posts by John Coyne and Graeme Dunk in which they apparently took different stands on…
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The birth date of the U.S. Space Force—Dec. 20, 2019—is a date that will go down…
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Can Australia stop the Chinese government’s economic coercion against our government and businesses? Yes. All it…
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In an article published by a retired senior Swedish officer, Major General (Ret) Karlis Neretnieks, the…
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In discussions with then Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in the mid-1990s about the future of the…
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Australia is the largest and most resource-rich island in the Asia-Pacific region. It exports more raw…
Read More »The Consequences of Transformed Logistics: The Impact of Autonomous Systems
Western militaries, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), have been exploiting semi-autonomous systems for years. It…
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