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F-35’s explosive new fears

F-35’s explosive new fears

AUSTRALIA’S costly future F-35 stealth fighter has a string of unaddressed design problems which present a new problem to contend with: Pilot safety.

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The next war: Can we fight it?

The next war: Can we fight it?

WAR talk is erupting all over the world. From The Middle East to Eastern Europe. From the South China Sea to Afghanistan. So can we fight with what we’ve got?

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Photography by Able Seaman Photographer Lincoln Commane. Caption: HMAS Collins sails out through the channel to meet HMAS Waller and HMAS Rankin at Gage Roads at sunrise. Deep Caption: Exercise Pacific Reach is a triennial Asia-Pacific submarine rescue exercise designed to promote regional cooperation on submarine rescue. The exercise this year is the fourth in the series and is being hosted by Australia between 26 November and 7 December 2007. Pacific Reach 07 is a significant exercise involving six ships, three submarines, two submarine rescue systems, a multi-national dive team and the UK SPAG† all up 1000 personnel from 15 nations will be directly involved in the exercise. Pacific Reach is an extraordinarily valuable opportunity to work with our regional neighbours and it is our pleasure to host this years activities, said Commander Australian Naval Submarine Group, Commodore Rick Shalders. Pacific Reach is a truly international exercise, with units and equipment from the following countries participating: Canada, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition, military observers from Chile, India, Indonesia, NATO, Pakistan, Peru, Russia and South Africa will also attend.

Navy boss sunk by Wikipedia

IT took little more than Wikipedia for Senator Nick Xenophon to outsmart Australia’s top Navy brass on the topic of our costly new fleet of submarines.

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