Defence industry and the Pacific
Tuesday
27th September
2022
PETER LAYTON* | From an Australian defence viewpoint, the Pacific is suddenly fashionable. This renewed attention has encouraged…
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Buying the wrong submarine
Friday
30th September
2022
PETER LAYTON | Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy’s conventionally powered …
Australia’s F-35s: Lessons from a problematic purchase
Monday
18th November
2019
PETER LAYTON | It suddenly seems the Air Force needs major recapitalisation, just as its…
Winning the war at sea: Reshaping the USMC for future naval campaigns
Tuesday
18th October
2022
PETER LAYTON | For more than a century, the purpose of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has been…
Bringing the defence force into Australia’s climate-change fight
Thursday
12th December
2019
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to structure the Australian Defence Force for this long, hot century. That doesn’t mean…
Designing Australia’s next defence mobilisation
Monday
24th October
2022
PETER LAYTON | The future is uncertain but not completely. A major certainty is that, as in earlier times,…
Keeping the Australian Defence Force in the climate-change fight
Friday
31st January
2020
PETER LAYTON | A month on from my earlier post on bringing the Australian Defence Force into…
India’s fickle geostrategic framework
Monday
31st October
2022
PETER LAYTON | In October 2022, India abstained from voting in a UN Security Council draft resolution against Russia’s annexation…
Australia’s quest for an ‘impactful projection’ defence force
Friday
25th November
2022
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s latest Defence Strategic Review must effectively respond to a rapidly changing…
Australia’s new regional context: Pacific island futures and air power possibilities
Thursday
19th March
2020
PETER LAYTON | In the Australian strategic consciousness the Pacific islands looms very large. There is more than two…