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Japan faces threats in the 21st Century
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Noted Australian historian, Manning Clark, once stated that the victors always write the history books, and in post-war Japan General Douglas MacArthur as Military Governor took on this task. ...more >
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Early cruise missile operations
© Dr Carlo Kopp Download
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The Fieseler Vergeltungswaffe Eins / V-1 / Fzg-76 Flakzielgerät or Fi-103 'Buzz Bomb' was the first cruise missile to be operationally deployed and used, and in many respects set the pattern for future deployment and operational use of this now so important weapons technology. ...more >
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Defending the Osprey's nest:
© Paul Johnstone Download
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The effectiveness of air power relies not only on advanced platforms, weaponry and combat tactics but also on having the freedom to operate from secure air bases, either established forward in the area of operations or from home base. ...more >
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Who and what pose the threat
© Brian Cooper Download
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In 'Beyond Terror: the truth about the real threats to our world' the Oxford Research Group [ORG] says that the major threats that we will face come from: 'climate change, competition over resources, marginalisation of the majority world [globalization] and, global militarization.' ...more >
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Information warfare vs networks
© Dr Carlo Kopp Download
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Networking capabilities are the 'plumbing' of any network centric warfare (NCW) oriented warfighting system. ...more >
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Thermobaric weapons:
© Paul Johnstone Download
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Imagine this situation: the gunner scans the environment through the inbuilt camera, applying the remotely operated medium machine gun to engage targets of opportunity; bullets of all calibres ineffectively slam into or ricochet off the hull of the 70 tonne Main Battle Tank as it closes onto the rubble-strewn roads and narrow lanes of a city under siege. ...more >
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Tracks versus wheels dilemma
© Colonel David Eshel Download
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Most armies with fighting experience in world war ii drew the lesson that future high intensity land combat would be with medium to heavy tanks accompanied by heavily armoured tracked platforms carrying infantry and artillery. ...more >
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Composites stake their claim with Tiger ARH and MR
© Lachlan Blackhall Download
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With the recent delivery of the first MRH-90 Trooplift helicopters to
Australian Aerospace, and ultimately the Australian Army and Navy, Australia's Defence Forces now have two helicopter type airframes (Tiger ARH and MRH-90) made almost entirely from composite materials. ...more >
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Russian fighters - capability assessment
© Dr Carlo Kopp Download
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The MAKS 2007 Airshow in Moscow saw the debut of Russia's two latest fighter
designs, the Sukhoi Su-35BM Flanker E Plus and the MiG-35 Fulcrum. Both are evolutionary developments of the basic Su-27 and MiG-29 airframes, but both are also deep redesigns of the respective aircraft systems using digital technology. ...more >
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APG-79 radar revolution
© Nigel Pittaway Download
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Australia's decision to purchase 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets as a bridging capability until the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter becomes available circa 2014 has been criticised as not good enough, but few doubt the technology and performance capability of the Super Hornet's radar, the Raytheon APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA). ...more >
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New Trends in UAVs
© Colonel David Eshel Download
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Even the most radical cynics agree that the new stars in the theatre of battle are the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). ...more >
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F-35 Lightning strikes down under
© Defence Today Download
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With the new Rudd Labor government calling for a review of Australia's air power needs in the coming decades, the Joint Strike Fighter team from Lockheed Martin has been keen to brief the new Defence Minister and the media in Canberra recently on the status of the program and on the development of the F-35 Lightning II platforms. ...more >
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Arming attack helicopters for asymmetric warfare
© Colonel David Eshel Download
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Current United States and European combat helicopter squadrons are rooted in the 1980s when NATO deployed large numbers of attack helicopters as part of its operational planning to counter numerically superior Warsaw Pact armour and mechanised forces - but times have changed and so has the enemy these combat helicopters have to find and surgically eliminate. ...more >
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Airborne sentinels spread their wings
© Paul Johnstone Download
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An increasing number of nations within Australia's strategic area of interest are turning to airborne electronic surveillance to provide vital intelligence and to control combat assets engaged in air defence operations. ...more >
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Interview - Air Vice Marshall Chris Deeble
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The troubled Air 5077 'Wedgetail' Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) program passed an important milestone recently with first flight of Aircraft 3 modified at Boeing's Aerospace Support Centre at RAAF Base Amberley. ...more >
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