Keeping watch on space
The Australian Defence Force is embarking on a new mission in space, where major power competition in orbit is growing, and the risk of military conflict is rising.
May 2022
The risks to the Defence Budget
If there’s one thing people think they know about the Defence Budget, it’s that the government set it at 2 per cent of GDP. But it didn’t.
Challenges call for steadfast resolve
The challenges that confront Australia today economically and geopolitically are unlike anything we have ever faced before.
It’s time to secure our space capability
The pandemic has delivered the message that sovereign capability is essential to our wellbeing and security.
In the zone
Many emerging international security challenges will not be suited to force-on-force engagement, but will instead require the RAAF to provide an enduring contribution to statecraft.
Sanderson’s seeds of success
EOS Defence Systems’ Grant Sanderson is heading a hi-tech company specialising in remote weapon stations, in a role almost predestined by his background.
Subs industry package to allay concerns
Future Submarine activity has been enlivened by the launch of a major industry package.
NT ‘could be a forward operating base for ADF’
The worst pandemic in a century bookends a wider set of national security challenges that are shaking up entrenched habits and assumptions.
Army to get long-range missile capability
One of the main aims of the 2020 Defence Structure Plan is to give Australia the ability to keep an opponent at arm’s length.
Force posture needs to change
Geographically, the Port of Darwin is a strategic location for naval and air forces and could become a crossroads for Australia and its allies.
Army’s Tiger helicopters face an uncertain future
Australia’s Tiger helicopter fleet may be phased out of service and some defence observers are wondering why?
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/defence/may-2022/page/9