Realigning the Australian Army
Monday
15th October
2018
PETER LAYTON | The Australian Army is spending up big, announcing a $5.2bn contract for more than 200 Boxers (armoured…
Category Archive: Feature series
A grand strategy Plan A for Australia?
Friday
2nd November
2018
PETER LAYTON | Worry abounds. There are calls for radically new defence policies, a defence Plan B,…
Our new model robot armies
Friday
10th August
2018
PETER LAYTON | Robotic technologies seem set to disrupt warfare in at least two big…
Singapore’s careful F-35 fighter aircraft purchase
Friday
29th March
2019
PETER LAYTON | Singapore has finally decided to acquire four F-35 aircraft with options for eight more, initially …
Prototype warfare in the fourth industrial age
Thursday
4th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | A new industrial process is rapidly emerging. This fourth industrial revolution (4IR) based…
Japan’s very busy fighter force
Monday
8th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept…
US-China competition is all about us
Monday
10th December
2018
PETER LAYTON | We are not entering a new Cold War, despite both Chinese President Xi and US …
Non-technical measures can help reduce Australia’s vulnerability to foreign influence
Wednesday
17th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Most now agree that Russia interfered in the 2016 US presidential election, using social media manipulation to…
New Japanese Air Force emerges
Thursday
18th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | The Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) lives in a tough neighbourhood. In the south, China is…
Mobilising Defence in the “fourth industrial revolution”
Friday
19th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s future wars may not run to our timetable. Our recent wars of choice have allowed participation…