The Coming of Triton to the Allied Global Maritime Domain Awareness Enterprise: The RAAF Case

09/17/2019
The Triton unmanned system is a key building block for 21st century maritime operations. In effect, the Triton provides capabilities similar to a low-earth orbiting system which can serve directly the maritime task force commander. Indeed, a key dimension of the coming of Triton is to ensure that intelligence communities…

Japanese Add F-35Bs to their Evolving Capabilities for Perimeter Defense

09/17/2019
The Japanese are working to enhance their capabilities for perimeter defense. To do so, they are adding Ospreys and F-35Bs to their force mix which will allow them to operate from sea or island bases or both in a rotational island strategy approach to defense. In an article by Andrew…

China Working on Fielding Electromagnetic Weapons: An Indian Perspective

09/17/2019
By Debalina Ghoshal There is no doubt that China is working on sophisticated weapon systems. While China is modernising its nuclear forces, it is also not neglecting its conventional firepower. For example, China is working on electromagnetic technologies with the objective of fielding electromagnetic weapons for its ground, naval forces…

Brazilian Foreign Minister in Washington DC, September 2019

09/14/2019
The Brazilian foreign minister recently was in Washington DC and was very visible in providing an update on what the new Brazil was seeking in its relationships with the United States, notably with the Trump impact on U.S. policies. As Lauren Meir of The Washington Times wrote in an article…

Challenges for the Australian Submarine Enterprise

09/13/2019
By Marcus Hellyer The word on the street is that the government intends to make a decision by Christmas on whether to relocate full-cycle dockings of the Collins-class submarines from Osborne in South Australia to Henderson in Western Australia. Full-cycle dockings are the two-year-long deep overhauls that ASC conducts to…

VMFA-122 Works the F-35B at Red Flag 19-3

09/08/2019
Marines assigned to VMFA-122 stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma brought their F-35B Lightning II fighter jets to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in Red Flag 19-3. Nellis AFB Public Affairs July 17, 2019 The F-35 as a multi-domain rather than simply a multi-mission combat asset is…

How to Develop Airpower Strategists for The Fifth Generation Integrated Force?

09/06/2019
By Ulas Yildirim "[A]lthough one would clearly want to have superior technology, the most important competition is not in the technological but the intellectual one. The main task is to find the most innovative concept of operations and organisations, and to fully exploit the existing and the emerging technologies" Dima…