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Chinese Military Power 2018: Building a Strategy to Counter a Modern Authoritarian State With a Clear Vision if Not a Clear Future

08/17/2018By Robbin Laird The PRC is combing military with economic with political warfare means to expand its global reach. In the words of Ross Babbage, the PRC and Russia are focused on making the world safe for authoritarian states. https://sldinfo.com/2018/08/information-warfare-and-the-authoritarian-states-how-best-to-respond/ As the context within the Pacific changes, Australia, Japan and the United States will shape ways and means to work… Read more »

The Role of the Australian Army in Australia’ Indo-Pacific Strategy: A Work in Progress

08/16/2018By Robbin Laird Australia is building an integrated force and working to extend the reach and range of that force. This is a core effort for the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force and clearly focused on dealing with challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. But what is the role of the Australian Army in this effort? Clearly,… Read more »

The Perspective of the Chief of Staff of the Indian Air Force: Shaping a Way Ahead

08/15/2018By Air Marshal VK Jimmy Bhatia (Retd) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, has confirmed that IAF has received bids from six global vendors in response to IAF’s Request for Information (RFI) for 110 modern combat jets, and that the induction of 36 Rafale jets already contracted from France would begin from September next year. The… Read more »

US Working with India and Australia on P-8 Operations

08/13/2018By the end of RIMPAC, the U.S. and Indian planes were sharing high-end missions, an Australian P-8A squadron joined in as a major step towards the Royal Australian Navy declaring final operational capability on their new planes, and the U.S. and Australian P-8s not only prosecuted submarines but also dropped Harpoon missiles on a decommissioned U.S. ship during a sinking exercise(SINKEX). Commander of Submarine Force… Read more »

The Coming of the A320neo Multi-Mission Aircraft

08/13/2018Airbus Defence and Space is shaping a template for integrated air operations, which they call the Future Combat Air Systems. Within this template, each key air combat platform is being reshaped or designed from the ground up to provide a contribution to integrated air operations. A platform which makes sense both from its role in the commercial portfolio as well… Read more »

The Imperative for an Independent Deterrent: A Joint Strike Seminar August 2018

08/07/2018Background For over twenty years the F-111 provided the Australian Defence Force with a strike capability with the strategic reach to provide Australia with an independent strike option should deterrence fail. With the retirement of the long-range F-111, Australia’s future air strike capability now rests in the capabilities of the F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A, both equipped with appropriate long-range… Read more »

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The Nordics and the Strategic Shift

05/25/2018The Russian seizure of Crimea and other aspects of its global activism have had a significant effect on the Nordics. The Nordics are working mores closely together to deal with the strategic shift. And they are adding new capabilities to shape a more effective approach to crisis management and deterrence in depth. Download PDF Now »