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WEBThe urgent need for a strategic overhaul in Australia’s Defence approach to fuel resilience. Over the last three decades, the Australian Defence Force (ADF), enjoying an era of peace and strategic stability, shifted from prioritising sovereign fuel resilience to investing heavily in outsourcing. With strategic warning times shrinking and ….
Australia could soon be hosting nuclear-armed US submarines
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Australia is yet to follow South Korea’s example of welcoming a visit by a US ballistic missile submarine, which would always carry dozens of nuclear warheads. But changes afoot in Washington mean Australia could soon be regularly hosting other types of nuclear-capable submarines—those that can deliver nuclear weapons even if …
ASPI’s decades - The Strategist
WEBThe Australian Strategic Policy Institute has lived its name to help deliver what Australia needs in imagining ends, shaping ways and selecting means. Drawn from the book on the institute’s first 20 years: An informed and independent voice: ASPI, 2001–2021. Author. Graeme Dobell is ASPI’s journalist fellow.
Towards a sovereign space capability for Australia’s defence
WEBAug 3, 2020 · The building of a sovereign satellite capability is already underway. Earth-observation start-up LatConnect 60 in Western Australia, in collaboration with York Space Systems, is set to manufacture a constellation of three satellites that combine radio-frequency sensors and multispectral imaging cameras. The first is to be launched in 2021.
Getting real about drought and climate change in Australia
WEBJun 11, 2020 · The widespread drought across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland—exacerbated by unusually high temperatures driven by climate change and evolving oceanic weather patterns —led to a noticeable increase in evaporation rates, which reduced soil moisture and dried vegetation. A grim consequence was the intensity of last summer’s bushfires.
Taking Australia’s defence strategy forward | The Strategist
WEBForward defence in depth treats the sea–air gap as the main rear area—not the front line—of the Australian Defence Force. Projecting power into the maritime Indo-Pacific region is much more vital, as is the ability to generate effects through space and cyberspace. The goals of forward defence in depth are to prevent a major-power ...
Cybersecurity must be a key part of Australian government …
WEBThe Australian government’s 2020 cybersecurity strategy included a headline figure of $1.67 billion in funding. This is significant, but spread over 10 years it’s certainly not going to solve the problem on its own. As the strategy makes clear, effective cybersecurity for the nation will depend on businesses as well as governments taking ...
We need a navy to protect our supply routes | The Strategist
WEBFeb 16, 2018 · If trade routes were interrupted by a Southeast Asian conflict, our economy and security would suffer. So the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force need to develop the skills, experience and capabilities for commerce protection. Convoying is boring but vital to keeping supply lines open for us and our allies.
The pandemic’s geopolitical aftershocks | The Strategist
WEBAug 4, 2020 · Mohan Malik is a Sinologist and visiting fellow at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington. He is the editor of Maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and author of China and India: Great power rivals.The views expressed in this article are his own. Image: Kiko Sierich/Getty Images.
Defence must engage stakeholders earlier, more openly, …
WEBCollaboration with private and public sector stakeholders is vital for Defence to develop its capabilities, strategies and policies in response to Australia’s changing strategic environment. Getting consultation right will be critical to that. Defence’s need ...
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